[haiku-inc] Defining the Terms of Use: HAIKU (Background) Leaf
- From: Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-inc <haiku-inc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:06:46 -0400
... I figured since this is detailing TM usage, it'd be better on this list.
This is following up on
http://dev.haiku-os.org/changeset/37161
//www.freelists.org/post/haiku/Haiku-User-Group-Logo-What-is-wanted
First, here's the leaves that are used within the Project :
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HAIKU Leaf
* The leaf appearing on the characters 'H', 'A', and 'U' in the HAIKU
logo and the Deskbar logo.
* They all share the same path.
* Differences - colors used and "Drop Shadow" settings
HAIKU Background Leaf
* This is the leaf behind the HAIKU logo in "HAIKU logo - website -
logo" WonderBrush file,
which was used in the Drupal 4/5 installation of www.haiku-os.org
* This also appears as a leaf outline behind the HAIKU logo in the
HAIKU User Guide.
Icons and Overlays:
* These probably should not / could not become TM's, as they're icons.
But its worth mentioning for completeness.
Maybe these can be encouraged items for HUG & other independent logos?
* App_About : Isometric 7 pointed deciduous-tree leaf. Apparently not used.
* App_About_2 : Isometric maple(?) leaf. Used as the icon for the
application "AboutSystem"
* Overlay_leaf : Flat maple leaf. Used as favicon for *.haiku-os.org,
overlay in numerous applications.
* App_Haiku3d : Isometric 'H' with green HAIKU Leaf. Used as the icon
for the application "Haiku3d"
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What type of usage do we want to allow and prevent?
NOTE: All of this applies to the leaves as individual graphics
and NOT to the leaves when they are part of the HAIKU logo.
example Provisions:
* Use must be within the bounds of good taste.
(as an analogy, "G rated movie" and not "XXX" nor "NA-17")
* Maintain apect ratio.
* Cannot be used to create a confusing logo
* (May the Futura font or similar fonts be used?)
Example "Confusing" Logos (and thus not allowed):
* App_Haiku3d + "AIKU"
* "HAIKU" with one or more leaves in close proximity to the glyphs
example Permissions:
* Graphical edits including:
Changing colors
Image rotation
Image scaling
Adding/Removing borders, shadings, other filters
* Combining with additional elements
* Using as part of Haiku User Group/3rd party/independent logos and
other works of art
Would we want to restrict the selling/printing/distribution of the leaf?
* If yes, what artwork could 3rd parties freely use in the creation
of their own goods to sell?
What about derivatives of HAIKU's codebase? (eg, builds that cannot
use the TM's)
* "I don't think replacing the logo with the leaf is a good idea -
those are still images built by the official source." -- Axel ticket
#6183
Are there any other restrictions that should be placed on this?
How will this affect the Deskbar logo usage -- back when creating the
current distribution guidelines, it decided to allow the Deskbar logo
to remain in builds that need to replace the TM's (name + logo)
Anything else?
--mmadia
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