Michael Segel wrote:
Hopefully the artwork that some of these logos are based on are in the public domain. If you lifted another's copyrighted work and then modified it, you're on murky ground.
It's always good to discuss this important issue. One of the reasons we're using Jira for logo submission is uploading a file prompts the submitter to check a bullet that says "Grant license to ASF for inclusion in ASF works (As per the Apache Software Licnese)". And here's wording from http://db.apache.org/derby/logo_contest.html :
"The only logos that will be considered are those for which the license has been granted to the ASF. But only grant the license to the ASF if you are entitled to do so. Don't include any elements to which you don't have rights or permission."
I'll move that wording into the description at http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-297, since that's where the main action is.
-jean
