On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 14:32 +0200, mail@...2227... wrote:
Hi,
i've some news.
There is a logo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inkscape_logo_2.svg from the author Andy Fitzsimon. I wrote him an email and got an answer.
"You have my unlimited permission to use the inkscape logo for all things related to the inkscape vector graphics editor. no written permission is needed. In-fact, you didn't even need to ask me :)
Thanks for the email.
Andy"
Maybe that's helpful for this case, but i heared about a new logo: https://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/inkscape/trunk/inkscap...
and so i don't know if its really helpful.
I think that the real question is as follows: "Who is the original author or authors of the original inkscape logo?" They would probably be able to answer this question once and for all. Realistically, anything else is a derivative work and generally the way things go with licensing, the license of the original can determine whether the derivatives are even kosher to begin with.
Can anyone tell us who created the first inkscape logo? If no one knows, someone should start digging back in the devel mailing list and cvs mailing list archives (even the initial commit messages) to see if it can be determined.
Cheers, Josh