[webkit-dev] WebKit Icon license?

[Shinichiro Hamaji]

A related P1 issue :) http://webkit.org/b/19371

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 23, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Jeremy Orlow wrote:
>
> It seems as though we should at very least change the main icon on
> webkit.org to match what is apparently the official webkit logo.  The icons
> for the Mac and Windows nightlies probably needn't change since they're run
> within Safari anyway, but probably the nightly source icon should change.
>  Anyone disagree?
>
> There is no official WebKit logo, so I wouldn't make changes based on that
> assumption. What we have is artwork that has been used on various
> WebKit-related sites. It's certainly a change worth considering to create
> and consistently deploy an official WebKit logo. A design contest might be a
> good way to go with that, and perhaps it's something we could discuss at the
> contributor meeting. But I would suggest not messing with the visual design
> of the site in the meantime.
> Even if we did have an official WebKit logo, it might still make sense to
> have an icon on nightly.webkit.org that matches the icon of the nightly
> launcher, rather than one that matches the WebKit logo. That's assuming we
> don't add any nightly launchers with a different icon (which would
> presumably occur if we had any that launched a browser other than Safari).
> Regards,
> Maciej
>
>
> I'll spin up a patch later this week.
> J
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:
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>> So it would appear then that www.webkit.org and nightly.webkit.org are
>> the odd men out. :)
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Sam Weinig <sam.weinig at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > And our own http://planet.webkit.org/.
>> > -Sam
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Chris Jerdonek <cjerdonek at webkit.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:
>> >> > Interesting.  Looks like the WebKit icon on CIA is different from
>> >> > webkit.org.  I could have sworn they used to be the same:
>> >> > http://cia.vc/stats/project/webkit
>> >>
>> >> That's also the icon used for the WebKit group on LinkedIn:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=91394
>> >>
>> >> [Resent from correct address.]
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > -eric
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Kenneth Christiansen
>> >> > <kenneth.christiansen at openbossa.org> wrote:
>> >> >> Contest is fine :-) That is how our designers created the Maemo
>> >> >> logo:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> https://wiki.maemo.org/Task:maemo.org_logo_contest
>> >> >> http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo.org_logo_contest_submissions
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm cc'ing Marcelo, who is our Brazilian Head of User Experience and
>> >> >> Design.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cheers,
>> >> >> Kenneth
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Dimitri Glazkov
>> >> >> <dglazkov at chromium.org> wrote:
>> >> >>> I just reached out to the Russian icon powerhouse, Turbomilk
>> >> >>> (turbomilk.com), and they're interested in pitching in as well.
>> >> >>> Maybe
>> >> >>> we should have a contest?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> :DG<
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Kenneth Christiansen
>> >> >>> <kenneth.christiansen at openbossa.org> wrote:
>> >> >>>> I have asked our designers to look into it :-)
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Kenneth
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Jeremy Orlow
>> >> >>>> <jorlow at chromium.org>
>> >> >>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com>
>> >> >>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> On Mar 19, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Dimitri Glazkov wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> > Would you happen to know how WebKit icon is licensed?
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> The icon currently on webkit.org has the icon for Apple’s Safari
>> >> >>>>>> web
>> >> >>>>>> browser in it. Because of that, Apple has provided no license to
>> >> >>>>>> use the
>> >> >>>>>> icon; we are continuing to use it with informal permission from
>> >> >>>>>> Apple.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> Given that WebKit has been more than just the rendering engine
>> >> >>>>> Safari uses
>> >> >>>>> for quite some time now, I wonder if it'd be worth trying to come
>> >> >>>>> up
>> >> >>>>> with
>> >> >>>>> something unique for the project.  One benefit would be that it
>> >> >>>>> could be
>> >> >>>>> used more freely.
>> >> >>>>> Anyone with graphic design skillz going to the WebKit meeting?
>> >> >>>>>  :-)
>> >> >>>>> J
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