2009/1/6 Scott Chacon <schacon@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:27 PM, David Bryson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 08:40:11PM +0100 or thereabouts, Mike Hommey wrote: >>> >>> FWIW, I think the "mascot" or whatever it is supposed to be, on the >>> top right end, is "safe", trademark/copyright-wise. It looks too much >>> like ???????????????(D??mo-kun), the NHK mascot. >>> http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=%E3%81%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%82%E3%81%8F%E3%82%93&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi >> >> I think Scott mentioned at GitTogether that they paid the same artist >> design some artwork for them including that tree munching monster and an >> octopus. >> >> Scott do you care to elaborate ? > > I bought rights to the image from iStockPhoto, we can use it online > for whatever we want to. The only restriction is that we can't sell > stuff with the image on it. I have no idea what NHK is, nor do I know > how TM/copyright issues would work in this regard - (the site is > hosted in the US, has NHK registered TM for that here?) - but I doubt > it really matters. If I get a cease and desist, I'll replace the > image, but to me it doesn't seem close enough to infringe and I doubt > they would care. NHK are the public broadcaster in Japan, and Domo-kun is their mascot. Apparently the NHK spots with Domo-kun are also used in the US on Nickelodeon. It's like the NBC peacock, or the BBC test card girl: instantly recognizable to anyone who watched that channel. And yes, there is a US trademark: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=3pcqf.6.1 No connection to NHK at all, but I thought you'd used Domo deliberately when I first saw that logo, so got curious. The site is great, btw. Cheers, Baz > > Btw, I would also like to say in general that the response to this > from emails sent to me personally (my address is at the bottom of the > page) has been very positive and I've even received a few patches that > are now live. > > Also, Miklos : your patch changes the format of the output and doesn't > speed things up or anything, so I'm just sticking with the current > script for now (unless I'm missing something). > > Boyd Gerber: I'm confused - the mailing list archive link on the home > page points to the Gmane page, which is completely up to date. Is > there a link I'm missing? > > Thanks, > Scott > >> >> Dave >> >> > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
