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Re: Show HN: Open Logos – Free logos for open source projects

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Post by esquivalience »

crummy wrote: post #8
esquivalience wrote: post #5

Are you gifting the copyright as well as the right to use the logo? Good practice is to mention this on the webpage to help people know where they stand. The two usual options are: 1. When you give the right to use the logo, you also give the copyright in the logo along with it; or 2. When you give the right to use the logo, you retain the copyright. (Edit - at least from an EU perspective, you can also "assert your…

The github page says "[the project the logo is given to] will have all exclusive rights of the logo." So I think it's the first option.

Yes, that may be what's intended, but it could be referring to the exclusive right to use rather than ownership of copyright.

Re: Show HN: Open Logos – Free logos for open source projects

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Post by mmjaa »

Very nice! My only thought is that I wish you'd update it every week with new designs, and then sort of open it up so others can contribute their logo's for others to use, something like a logo-bazaar with regular updates. I think you'd attract quite a few artists willing to participate akin to DeviantArt, although with a commercial twist.

Bookmarked for another visit in a few months just to see what sort of progress you'll have made .. good luck!

Re: Show HN: Open Logos – Free logos for open source projects

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Post by antirez »

A few of these are great, however if you are serious about your OSS project, IMHO you should identify one that seems like a fit, and work with the author (paying him/her) in order to start a process to reach a logo that very uniquely and precisely represents your project.

Re: Show HN: Open Logos – Free logos for open source projects

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Post by gurkendoktor »

laumars wrote: post #7
unwind wrote: post #3

Interesting, although a bit strange to me ... is the author expecting existing projects to want to claim a logo and rename themselves, or are the names of the logos only placeholders? Anyway, I think the "globe"[1] one is quite close to looking like AT&T's[2] which would at least make me a bit wary. [1] https://github.com/arasatasaygin/openlogos/issues/24 [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AT%26T_logo_2016.s…

He does explain a little more if you click the "How it works." link. I do agree with you about the globe / AT&T logo though. Steps[1] is also very similar to an old icon on Windows (I think it was a placeholder icon for Microsoft Visual C++ or Borland Builder projects? But can't rightly remember off hand) [1] http://openlogos.org/logos/steps.jpg

It was probably the placeholder icon for MFC apps, shown in the middle at the end of this blog post:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/02/27/happy-25t...

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