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

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

[IFo Hancroft]

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

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

[Garrett LeSage]

> 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.

I confirm I'm happy with the license and note included in the patch
and you definitely have my permission to distribute the Tux SVG.

Thanks!
Garrett LeSage

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

[Miguel Ojeda]

Hi Jonathan, linux-doc,

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 6:32 AM Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> 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.

Pinging about this one. By the way, now that Garrett and IFo both gave
their permission to use the same license as in the kernel tree, we may
want to remove the `cc:license` fields inside the file to avoid
confusion.

Cheers,
Miguel