On 10/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Daniel Robitaille</b> <<a href="mailto:robitaille@ubuntu.com">robitaille@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Tue, 2006-03-10 at 23:04 -0400, Andrew Hunter wrote:<br>> Check out the bug [0]. Thought that this might warrent disscussion if it has<br>> not been raised before.<br>><br>> [0] <a href="https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/63890">
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/63890</a><br><br>That logo seems to be a variation of the typical 3-people logo Microsoft<br>seems to be using nowadays for various online services. For example<br>check the image on the bottom right ("About Spaces") on this page:
<br><br><a href="http://spaces.live.com/">http://spaces.live.com/</a><br><br>And of course some of us can remember this old debate over a year ago<br>about the previous Microsoft Spaces logo:<br><br><a href="http://benhourigan.com/archives/2005/04/09/microsoft-copies-ubuntu-logo/">
http://benhourigan.com/archives/2005/04/09/microsoft-copies-ubuntu-logo/</a></blockquote><div><br>If the Ubuntu logo is a copyright logo, I think they have the right to press charges, since according to O'Reilly's <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/book/ch01.pdf">
"Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licenses"</a><br>copyright protects the "expression of an idea.". <br><br>I think they copy the same expression of the Ubuntu Logo.<br></div></div><br>