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Subject: Re: [boost] On Boost's logo copyright
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-06-25 12:33:08

Boost - Dev mailing list wrote
> Dear Boost developers,
>
> I am preparing the next upload of Boost package in Debian. I would
> appreciate your help on a little detail, which is however very important
> for Debian (if this is not the right place to ask, please accept my
> apologies and direct me to a more appropriate one): who is the copyright
> holder of Boost's logo? I understand that it is licensed under the BSL
> license, but it seems to me that the name of the rights holder is not
> listed anywhere.

AFAICT, the logo design was established around Boost 1.33.
Here is related note from the release notes [1]

```
Rene Rivera for the new Boost web page design; and Zoltan
"cad" Juhasz for the new Boost logo.
```

[1] https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2005/08/91736.php
(also in https://github.com/boostorg/website/tree/master/feed/history)

To confirm that, you can check the old SVN history:

```
svn log https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/website/workplace/logo/
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r43937 | grafik | 2008-03-29 20:00:06 +0100 (Sat, 29 Mar 2008) | 1 line

64x64 Boost icon image.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r7553 | dgregor | 2007-07-27 01:22:25 +0200 (Fri, 27 Jul 2007) | 1 line

Fix eol-style and mime-types
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r7018 | dgregor | 2007-06-13 00:09:40 +0200 (Wed, 13 Jun 2007) | 1 line

Set MIME types and end-of-line styles globally
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r105 | johnmaddock | 2006-06-07 14:55:27 +0200 (Wed, 07 Jun 2006) | 2 lines

Added Zoltan's original artwork, plus one transparent output version.
```

That suggests Zoltan "cad" Juhasz is the author of the Boost original logo.

Interestingly, https://theboostcpplibraries.com states

```
The Boost C++ logo is the property of the Boost C++ developers
```

I guess, Boris Schäling confirmed this with Boost developers for his book,
so that note on collective ownership might be most accurate.

Best regards, 

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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
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