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

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Post by arasatasaygin »

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…

Hey, After giving the logo, project owner can do whatever she wants with it. I'm not expecting anything from them. They can credit the project with courtesy though.

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

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Post by craigc »

m4rc1e wrote: post #28

While I'm all for FOSS, I wouldn't use these. Branding is not the same as writing software, you're entering a den of protectionism, http://www.businessinsider.com/colors-that-are-trademarked-2... . Using these will result in a cease and desist if your product catches on. Fyi, used to work in branding and trademark disputes were common.

Is that true for open source software that is not making any money? I would be very surprised if a big company went after someone maintaining an open source project.

That would be some pretty terrible PR:

“Billion dollar company X sues open source developer because the shade of blue used in their logo is too similar.

A spokesperson for X said that ‘Although they are releasing this software for free to help the community, we can’t have people being confused about the shade of blue they used.’”

It almost sounds like an Onion article to me.

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

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Post by diftraku »

lexicality wrote: post #38
jwilk wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AT&T logo was mentioned elsewhere in comments. Any other examples?

Off the top of my head: - mr jumbo: php - foxy: gitlab - moby: docker - steps: maybe webpack? - the fall: endomondo - apple: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Aug%2BBkatL._SY450_.jpg - cosmos: CircleCI - watchbob: Datadog? Quite a lot of the others remind me intensely of service logos I've seen once but never used, especially birdangle and neo.

The GitLab logo is, at least in the SVG file of the logo[0] and the UX guide[1], referred to as a tanuki.

[0] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/master/a...

[1] https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/develop...

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

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Post by majewsky »

craigc wrote: post #54
m4rc1e wrote: post #28

While I'm all for FOSS, I wouldn't use these. Branding is not the same as writing software, you're entering a den of protectionism, http://www.businessinsider.com/colors-that-are-trademarked-2... . Using these will result in a cease and desist if your product catches on. Fyi, used to work in branding and trademark disputes were common.

Is that true for open source software that is not making any money? I would be very surprised if a big company went after someone maintaining an open source project. That would be some pretty terrible PR: “Billion dollar company X sues open source developer because the shade of blue used in their logo is too similar. A spokesperson for X said that ‘Although they are releasing this software for free to help the commun…

It's reality: http://www.dw.com/en/german-caf%C3%A9-owner-takes-on-apple-a...

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

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Post by arasatasaygin »

lexicality wrote: post #26

Quite a lot of these look _very_ close to existing brands. Close enough that if you do something similar to them using it you're probably going to need a lawyer.

Hey, I did not and have no intention to steal any creative property. If I mistakenly did anything bad to harm any kind of business or organization, I can delete what I created, as I don't want to spend time on zero sum games honestly. Here are some sketches, that will no prove anything also I guess :)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LolhGR_OIaSmyX8YMQYEQK8VUHI...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11tEr6HJI795UvR3BrDwv0JlKBO_...

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

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Post by craigc »

majewsky wrote: post #57
craigc wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that true for open source software that is not making any money? I would be very surprised if a big company went after someone maintaining an open source project. That would be some pretty terrible PR: “Billion dollar company X sues open source developer because the shade of blue used in their logo is too similar. A spokesperson for X said that ‘Although they are releasing this software for free to help the commun…

It's reality: http://www.dw.com/en/german-caf%C3%A9-owner-takes-on-apple-a...

No. That’s the opposite. That’s a small company taking on a big one and winning. The OP that I was replying to was talking about big companies going after minnows.
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