Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> I notice a lot of people recon that the icon should be the mozilla
> lizzard head, like the favicon for mozilla.org.
>
> As far as I know, thats not owned by anyone else so it should be ok to
> use, drawing sutable artwork of it wouldnt be hard, that artwork would
> then go into mozilla under the same licence as the code and everyone
> is happy (including those that think a red star is communist).
>
> What is the problem with this and why hasnt someone created artwork
> and filed it somewhere (like under whatever bugzilla bug is
> appropriate). If this has been done, what (other than the usual things
> that hold up new submissions to mozilla like reviews and stuff) is
> holding up this addition to mozilla?
>
The impression that I got from the way to long thread was that releasing
the artwork under the same license as the code would give the maker of a
derivative application the right to use the artwork for his program
which would make it appear that the derivative app is somehow either
related and/or endorsed by the Mozilla organization beyond the fact that
it uses the Mozilla engine. In other words, trademark dillution(since
the red dragon is a Mozilla trademark), which is why they are talking to
lawyers.
