From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1T9kWQ-0004R7-ED for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:26:04 +0000 Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 00:25:59 +0200 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20120906222559.GK26594@pengutronix.de> References: <20120906060058.GE4761@game.jcrosoft.org> <20120906160308.GA26594@pengutronix.de> <20120906215050.GK20330@game.jcrosoft.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120906215050.GK20330@game.jcrosoft.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] add PNG support To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org 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@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox