# Trademark and Brand Policy — Simorgh Labs / FreeHSM / Simorgh PKI

*Version 1.0 — July 2026. Required by the brand reference before v2.0.0 stable.*

## Names and marks

The following names and marks are used by the project and are claimed as
trademarks (common-law / unregistered unless stated otherwise) by
**Simorgh Labs** (Afchine Madjlessi):

* **Simorgh Labs** — the organization / stewarding entity
* **Simorgh PKI** — the product (PKI + signing toolkit built on FreeHSM)
* **FreeHSM** — the open-source PKCS#11 library
* The **Simorgh Labs logo** (Simorgh bird with mosaic-tile wing, shield +
  keyhole, halo, سیمرغ nastaliq script) and the **SIMORGH LABS wordmark**
  (all-caps, triangle accent in the "A")
* The tagline **"Open Source Cryptography and Digital Trust"**

## What the Apache-2.0 license covers — and what it does not

The **source code** of FreeHSM and Simorgh PKI is licensed under
**Apache-2.0** (see `LICENSE`). That license grants you broad rights to
use, modify, and redistribute the code — including commercially.

The Apache-2.0 license does **not** grant rights to the names, logos, or
wordmarks above (see Apache-2.0 §6, Trademarks). The logo and wordmark
artwork files are **not** Apache-2.0; they are © Simorgh Labs, all rights
reserved.

## You may, without asking

* Use the names "FreeHSM", "Simorgh PKI", and "Simorgh Labs" to **truthfully
  refer** to the software (nominative use), including in articles, talks,
  package descriptions, and comparisons.
* State that your product or service **works with**, **is built on**, or
  **is compatible with** FreeHSM / Simorgh PKI, provided it is true.
* Ship unmodified binaries/packages of the software under its original name
  (e.g. as a distro package), keeping the attribution intact.

## You may not, without written permission

* Use the names or logos in a way that suggests **endorsement, affiliation,
  or official status** ("official", "certified by Simorgh Labs", etc.).
* Name a **fork or derivative** "FreeHSM", "Simorgh PKI", or anything
  confusingly similar. Forks must be renamed (patch sets carried by distros
  are fine).
* Use the logo, wordmark, or tagline as (part of) **your own product name,
  logo, domain name, or company name**.
* Alter the logo (recolor, restyle, remove the Persian script in cultural
  contexts) — see the brand usage rules in
  `SIMORGH_LABS_BRAND_REFERENCE.md` (internal).

## Certification claims

FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria certification statuses refer to specific,
identified builds and submissions by Simorgh Labs. You may not represent a
rebuilt or modified binary as covered by any Simorgh Labs certification,
validation, or submission.

## Contact

Permission requests and questions: **afchine.mad@gmail.com** (GPG key
`743A 6A59 04A1 4616 46A6 408D E485 6016 2DBB F28A 2`).
