Re: New Logo Discussion

From: René Ferdinand Rivera Morell (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-07-18 22:40:09

On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 5:34 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On 7/19/24 01:24, René Ferdinand Rivera Morell wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
> > <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Or just reject the new logo along with its terms of use and stick with
> >> the current one.
> >
> > I'm confused. How does the current logo not have the same, or worse,
> > re-use license problems in your oppinion?
>
> I'm assuming, Boost is in its rights to distribute the current logo
> under BSL. Because that is what's being communicated to users on every
> page that says it's distributed under BSL. Let alone the official Boost
> packages themselves, which contain the license text and the logo. And
> it's been this way for decades.
>
> If this is not the case then we have a major legal issue and should
> obtain the license ASAP or remove the logo. In which case, my stance
> wrt. the current logo is pretty much the same as what I said about the
> proposed new logo.

We've had "a major legal issue" for 18 years with regards to the logo.

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