Can I get more opinions on increasing the logo size on the site please

Adrian Matoga via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Tue Feb 23 01:39:22 PST 2016


On Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 20:25:05 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On 10.02.2016 17:49, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>> If you guys are going to create a
>> new logo based on the old one, you probably should clear it 
>> with the
>> original creator. On his website he has give us use rights for
>> non-commercial use, but not rights to create derivative 
>> works...
>
> The new logo is not part of the pull request. It's already on 
> the site. If there's a legal problem, we should probably revert 
> that.
>
> The exact text on the site of the original author [1] is
>
>     COPYRIGHT © SUKIMASHITA 2006
>     ALL FREE TO USE. ONLY SELLING THESE IMAGES IS PROHIBITED.
>
> I'd understand that to allow derivative works, but disallow 
> selling them. I'm not a lawyer, though.
>
> If those terms don't allow us to mess with the logo, what kind 
> of statement or license do we need from the author?
>
>
> [1] http://media.sukimashita.com/d/

The same site also says, under "Guide": "Ease creation of 
derivative art (icons, banners etc.)", which is certainly not an 
explicit legal statement, but gives an idea of the author's 
intention.


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