Re: [PATCH] docs: add SVG version of Linux logo

[IFo Hancroft <contact@ifohancroft.com>]

Hi,

You have my permission to use the vector version of Tux with the license given in the patch.

Best Regards,
IFo Hancroft

On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 02:44:18AM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
>In the Rust for Linux patch series, Jonathan Corbet requested that
>we avoid binary assets (logo and favicons for the generated
>documentation), possibly by recreating the logo in SVG format.
>
>However, it turns out there is no SVG version of the Linux logo
>in the kernel tree yet, only a GIF one from the pre-v2.0.0 days.
>Thus this commit fixes that, which then we can use in the Rust
>documentation in one way or another.
>
>This is a vector re-illustration by Garrett LeSage of the original
>logo by Larry Ewing (plus cleanups by IFo Hancroft). Garrett gave
>me (privately) his permission to use it for this purpose. The
>acknowledgement requirement has been made mandatory here to match
>the wording of the existing one.
>
>Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87fspk1xoc.fsf@meer.lwn.net/
>Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
>---
>Garrett, it would be great if you could confirm here that you
>are OK with the note in `COPYING-logo`. In particular, in your
>repository, you license the logo as public domain, though here
>I followed the existing licence which requires giving credit.
>Please see below.
>
> Documentation/COPYING-logo |    8 +
> Documentation/logo.svg     | 2040 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 2048 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/logo.svg
>
>diff --git a/Documentation/COPYING-logo b/Documentation/COPYING-logo
>index b21c7cf7d9f6..fd7c9451fc72 100644
>--- a/Documentation/COPYING-logo
>+++ b/Documentation/COPYING-logo
>@@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ Larry's web-page:
>
> 	https://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/
>
>+The SVG version was re-illustrated in vector by Garrett LeSage and
>+refined and cleaned up by IFo Hancroft. It is also freely usable
>+as long as you acknowledge Larry, Garrett and IFo Hancroft as above.
>+
>+There are also black-and-white and inverted vector versions at
>+Garrett's repository:
>+
>+	https://github.com/garrett/Tux