Yes, absolutely. It is made very clear in the contest brief (aka description) that each designer reads before creating a submission. Also, 99designs mandates to all designers that the contest holder (payer) can do whatever they want with the winning logo - it is 100% the contest holder's property to do with as they please.
This is what allows us to remove any gray area about the existing logo - my employer will donate the winning logo to the ASF, free and clear. Les On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> wrote: > Do the participants understand that the final logos will be owned by the ASF > and not them? > > > Regards, > Alan > > On May 25, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Les Hazlewood wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> My employer has authorized me to sponsor a logo design contest on >> 99designs.com for a new Apache Shiro logo: >> >> http://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/amazing-logo-needed-global-software-project-44769?orderby=rating >> >> There are 3 days remaining for submissions. Votes may continue to be >> held for 7 days thereafter. >> >> The winner will be awarded $295.00 USD (via 99designs.com) and the >> logo will be immediately donated to the ASF where it will be available >> under the Apache 2.0 license. >> >> If you don't wish to enter the contest - and don't want a shot at some >> free $ ;) - you can alternatively submit logo designs to this Jira >> issue: >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHIRO-171 >> >> Any new logo chosen will be based 100% on the Shiro community's votes. >> The logo with the most votes wins! >> >> Les >> >> ----- >> The reason for the contest: We have had a number of issues with the >> old logo: we can't find the old .psd files to modify to meet ASF >> naming requirements, and we also haven't been able to contact the >> designer we've used years ago to help. Also, the existing logo was >> not designed by a person with a CLA on file with the ASF, so there is >> gray area as to its use now that we're a part of Apache. By hosting a >> competition, the community can vote on their favorite, in classic ASF >> fashion. > >
