On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 11:50:50PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 18:03 Thu 06 Sep , Sascha Hauer wrote: > > The discussion in this thread makes it clear that there are two problems > > with this logo, one technical and one political. > > > > The technical problem: > > > > From a technical pov it makes no sense to put big image binaries into > > the repository when a small svg image would be sufficient to generate > > all other images. > > > > The political problem: > > > > For an open source project a closed image is a no go. We (and by we I > > mean we as the community, not we as Pengutronix) must for example be > > able to: > > > > - generate versions with different colors, sizes, dimensions > > - generate a logo without text > > - modify the image and to redistribute without limitations > > - add a journal to the logo and use it for bwn.org (barebox weekly news) ;) > As on Linux, Meego , Mozilla, Coreboot and others Logo are copyrighted and protected >From http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tux.svg: | The copyright holder of this file allows anyone to use it for any | purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. | Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is | permitted. So the Linux logo can explicitely be modified (derivative work) You mentioned that: > It's free to USE without modification for the Barebox Project ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Whereas is coreboot we have (from http://www.coreboot.org/Logo): | This logo or a modified version may be used by anyone to refer to the | coreboot project btw, the mentioned projects do not seem to have a problem with svg files: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/MeeGo_logo.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tux.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Mozilla_Foundation_logo.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/e/ec/Coreboot_logo.svg > > This is a standard for project image protection > > Modify the image means the image is not Barebox Logo > (Modify in the limit of the Licence) Does this mean it can be modified or exactly the opposite? Could you send a license text? Thanks Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
