Officially provide the Rust logo

[kud1ing]

There is some interest in handing out things with the Rust logo, see https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2014-January/007987.html

Please provide a page with the Rust logo in SVG and a suitable copyright notice.
There is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rust_programming_language_black_logo.svg taken from http://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-blk.svg
A copyright/license statement is missing though.

Are people allowed to print their own T-shirts and stickers?

[adrientetar]

What would be cool is having a logo with the full "Rust" name too.

[brson]

Here are all the logos:

• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128-blk.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128-blk-v2.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-16x16-blk.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-16x16.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-256x256-blk.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-256x256.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-32x32-blk.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-32x32.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-512x512-blk.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-512x512.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-64x64-blk.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-64x64.png
• http://rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-blk.svg

The policy covering the use of this logo is here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/styleguide/identity/mozilla/innovations/

Though unfortunately it's not clear to me what that page is saying people actually can use the logo for.

[brson]

Also not clear what the copyright or trademark status of the logo is.

[brson]

I'll try to ping somebody for clarification.

[kud1ing]

Thanks. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/styleguide/identity/mozilla/innovations/ is not bad a source and description. We could point to it from the Rust documentation/homepage.

I am a bit worried about "use our logos in a way that suggests any type of association or partnership with Mozilla or approval, sponsorship or endorsement by Mozilla (unless allowed via a license from us)". That could be interpreted as "don't use it". Also "alter our logos in any way" might be a problem when local communities might want to add their local flavour.

[thestinger]

@kud1ing: Well, that's why IceCat/IceWeasel exists.

[kud1ing]

@thestinger: Interesting, never heard about this.

[brson]

I'm still having trouble finding a clear story on this. My personal opinion is that people should assume Mozilla reserves all rights to the logo, but that they should feel free to use (or modify it) it for any purpose that is not detrimental to the image of the project or Mozilla.

[thestinger]

@brson: In my opinion, Rust should be offering the logo and/or other artwork under a permissive license. Mozilla's rationale for not using a free license for the Firefox branding (the name and logo) seems to be avoiding confusion for users. Rust's users are developers and can be expected to have a basic understanding about forks and patches applied by their distribution. I don't think it would be good if Debian was shipping Rust another a different package name as they do for Firefox.

I expect more artwork/logos will be created by the community, and Mozilla won't have control over these anyway. Rust probably won't ever ship with a UI, so the logo won't ever be a prominent part of the software itself like it is for Firefox.

[brson]

Nominating since we distribute the logo with the repo.

[pnkfelix]

Accepted for 1.0, P-low.