Guile Logo License

Guile Logo License

[Dave Page]

Hi there,

I would like to create artwork for a free software project, using the 
cartoon gnu head from the Guile logo [1]. Please can you clarify the 
license used for this logo, so I know how to license my derivative 
work? If you have a higher-resolution version available, I would 
appreciate that.

Cheers,

Dave

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile-title.jpg
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Re: Guile Logo License

[Neil Jerram]

2008/7/12 Dave Page <grimoire@cultofperf.org.uk>:
> Hi there,
>
> I would like to create artwork for a free software project, using the
> cartoon gnu head from the Guile logo [1]. Please can you clarify the
> license used for this logo, so I know how to license my derivative
> work? If you have a higher-resolution version available, I would
> appreciate that.

> [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile-title.jpg

Martin,

I believe you created this artwork; do you still own its copyright?
If so, could you consider and respond to Dave's request?  If not, do
you recall under what terms you assigned it (presumably to FSF)?

Thanks,
        Neil

Re: Guile Logo License

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Dave Page <grimoire@cultofperf.org.uk> writes:

> I would like to create artwork for a free software project, using the 
> cartoon gnu head from the Guile logo [1]. Please can you clarify the 
> license used for this logo, so I know how to license my derivative 
> work? If you have a higher-resolution version available, I would 
> appreciate that.

The author (Martin Grabmüller) has this page about the logo:

  http://uebb.cs.tu-berlin.de/~magr/guile/guile.de.html#logo

These are the highest-resolution pictures available AFAIK.  However, I
once tried vectorializing the logo with Inkscape's "Trace Bitmap" and it
works pretty well.

As for the license, we'll see whether Martin replies to Neil's message.

Thanks,
Ludovic.

Re: Guile Logo License

[Martin Grabmueller]

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Neil Jerram schrieb:
> 2008/7/12 Dave Page <grimoire@cultofperf.org.uk>:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I would like to create artwork for a free software project, using the
>> cartoon gnu head from the Guile logo [1]. Please can you clarify the
>> license used for this logo, so I know how to license my derivative
>> work? If you have a higher-resolution version available, I would
>> appreciate that.
> 
>> [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile-title.jpg
> 
> Martin,
> 
> I believe you created this artwork; do you still own its copyright?
> If so, could you consider and respond to Dave's request?  If not, do
> you recall under what terms you assigned it (presumably to FSF)?

Yes, I did the logos, and I still own the copyright
(see http://uebb.cs.tu-berlin.de/~magr/guile/guile-logo.en.html
for more logos).

I would be glad to assign the copyright to the FSF, though, if
someone could arrange to have me mailed the necessary paperwork.

Alternatively, I could just put the logos under the GPL.

Nice to hear that there is still interest in this stuff.

Cheers,
  Martin


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Re: Guile Logo License

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Martin,

Sorry for the delay.

Martin Grabmueller <magr@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:

> I would be glad to assign the copyright to the FSF, though, if
> someone could arrange to have me mailed the necessary paperwork.
>
> Alternatively, I could just put the logos under the GPL.

I think doing both would be even better.  :-)

I'm not sure what the FSF thinks of licensing drawings under the GPL.

As for copyright assignment, I'm not sure the standard "assign for past
and future changes" form would be suitable here.  Could you email
`assign@gnu.org' and `licensing@gnu.org' to get their input on this?

Most of the graphics at http://www.gnu.org/graphics/ do not have any
explicit license or copyright notice.  These ones [0, 1] are
dual-licensed under the GPLv3+/FDL, with copyright assigned to the FSF,
which seems like a good idea.

We'll have to make sure to add the logo to
http://www.gnu.org/graphics/package-logos.html afterward.

Thanks in advance, and thanks for the nice logo!

Ludovic.

[0] http://www.gnu.org/graphics/meditate.html
[1] http://www.gnu.org/graphics/listen.html

Re: Guile Logo License

[Ludovic Courtès]

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> We'll have to make sure to add the logo to
> http://www.gnu.org/graphics/package-logos.html afterward.

Well, it's actually already there...

Ludo'.

Re: Guile Logo License

[Martin Grabmueller]

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Neil Jerram schrieb:
> 2008/7/12 Dave Page <grimoire@cultofperf.org.uk>:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I would like to create artwork for a free software project, using the
>> cartoon gnu head from the Guile logo [1]. Please can you clarify the
>> license used for this logo, so I know how to license my derivative
>> work? If you have a higher-resolution version available, I would
>> appreciate that.
> 
>> [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile-title.jpg
> 
> Martin,
> 
> I believe you created this artwork; do you still own its copyright?
> If so, could you consider and respond to Dave's request?  If not, do
> you recall under what terms you assigned it (presumably to FSF)?

Hello Dave, hello bug-guile,

I have now dual-licensed the artwork on this page:

http://uebb.cs.tu-berlin.de/~magr/guile/guile-logo.en.html

under the GPL/FDL.

I plan to assign the copyright to the FSF, but that takes a little
time as I'm on holidy now.

Feel free to ask if anything is unclear.

Martin


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Re: Guile Logo License

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Martin,

Martin Grabmueller <magr@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:

> I have now dual-licensed the artwork on this page:
>
> http://uebb.cs.tu-berlin.de/~magr/guile/guile-logo.en.html
>
> under the GPL/FDL.

This is nice, thanks a lot!

> I plan to assign the copyright to the FSF, but that takes a little
> time as I'm on holidy now.

Good.  Could you please let us know when this is done?

Thanks,
Ludovic.

Re: Guile Logo License

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

I added the following page with licensing information and some of the
variants that are available on your web page:

  http://www.gnu.org/graphics/guile-logo.html

The page is linked from the logo visible on the pages under
`software/guile'.

Thanks again Martin!

Ludo'.