Re: similarities between logos for CLUSTER and Debian
On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 12:02:31PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 01/04/2015 at 11:41 AM, Paul R. Tagliamonte wrote:
>
> > The debian swirl is trademarked, but freely licensed.
> >
> > However, this isn't our swirl. And I don't think it's adding
> > confusion. If you want, you can email trademarks@ :)
>
> Personally, I've been more confused by the swirl which is the current
> Dreamwidth favicon; it's in a more similar style, and a more similar
> color, it simply happens to be swirling in the opposite direction. I've
> mistaken it for the Debian-logo favicon, and vice versa, more than once
> while trying to find a particular open tab.
>
> I don't think even that much similarity is enough to make it a trademark
> violation, though. If nothing else, Debian and Dreamwidth are in very
> different businesses. ^_^
Just for some fun, I've found another (debian?) swirl in a very
different business, a string instruments maker in Romania. See first and
last pages of their cello catalog:
http://www.gliga.ro/cello.pdf
--
tiago
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