Re: New Logo Discussion

From: René Ferdinand Rivera Morell (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-07-18 22:45:07

On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 5:41 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> 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.

True. But we can resolve the issue more readily with a new logo.
Because we don't have to fix 18 years worth of misuse with a new one.

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