I didn't get the exact parameters needed to obtain Debian's logo, but I did show that they are not default.
Mike On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 02:50:04PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:36:44AM +0100, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > > > > FYI - A computer shop has taken the Debian logo and used it for his > > > > business. > > > > > > http://imgur.com/gFKfs.jpg > > > > > Thank you for making this jpeg, it's very clear. > > > > > > [...] > > > > "The comapny Logo was created by photoshop and Logo software, we > desgined it > > > > from the stretch. if you have somethins to say, give us a call." > > > > > > Unfortunately, they may be right and in good faith. > > > This message confirms the swirl is just one of the defaults: > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/06/msg00340.html > > > > This is an unsubstantiated claim that has been repeated ad absurdum on > the > > lists for years. Sure, it uses a default brush. But who has > demonstrated > > that the exact swirl pattern can be reproduced trivially by accident? No > > one. When companies show up with a logo that reproduces your exact > > *application* of the brush, angle for angle down to the pixel, it > stretches > > credulity to claim that this occurred to them independently. > > Until someone gives the exact parameters needed to obtain the same > result, there is no way to conclusively say whether this is trivial to > accidentally reproduce or not. > > Mike > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101201232155.ga6...@glandium.org > >
