Re: New Logo Discussion

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-07-18 22:41:47

On 7/19/24 01:40, René Ferdinand Rivera Morell wrote:
> 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.

Replacing one legal issue with another is not the solution.