Re: Quick question regarding puffy

On the wider 'it could be considered political' point - it's time everyone in or near tech understand that pretty much everything is political, including technology.

If the OpenBSD Foundation want to avoid 'party political' - sure, understandable. But 'anything' political? Impossible.

Good luck with the project, Gwen.

John

On 12/3/24 16:49, izzy Meyer wrote:

Hi Gwen

Like others have mentioned- this could technically be considered "political".

However, thats the least of my concerns as social science is not political science. I would only consider this "politicised" in recent times, rather than "political".

I say you should be fine, although I carry no authority on the art or copyright or goals of the project.

Also- all this image appears to be intended to do is have puffy holding a progress flag. This would be a rather simple GIMP job, especially cos both of these pieces of art are fairly easy to come by online. (could be as simple as drag and drop and a mask over the fin). You don't really need to generate any new images, just compose two images together.

But- for some reason there is a strange glow on the puffy art (despite looking very similar to the official art), and the lines are sorta fuzzy and messy.

I can't help but infer this was made by a GAN, and if so, *that* would be your legal pitfall. Please make this in GIMP so at the very least you don't get accused of AI-art and copyright abuse.

Appreciated-

On December 2, 2024 7:06:55 PM CST, Gwen Nelson <gwen@gwennelson.co.uk> wrote:

Hi

I'm setting up a pubnix server for LGBT people running the best OS (OpenBSD of course) and was wondering if it'd be acceptable to display puffy holding a pride flag on the project's website as a logo.

See attached - I'm not sure if the puffy artwork is licensed to allow this kind of modification.

I promise it's for a good cause and in good taste, the server has rules against people doing illegal stuff and being abusive etc, it's also invite-only and I'll ban anyone who's an asshole. The main purpose of the project is to build a community, similar to services such as sdf.org or the tildeverse - I've found most people tend to default to Linux or NetBSD and felt OpenBSD is the superior option for my project.

Naturally I'll give appropriate attribution too.

I'm not subscribed to the list and looking for an official response, so also sending this to Theo.

You guys have my utmost respect for creating such a beautiful clean yet functional and secure OS.

Should there be any issues with this, please advise - as I said, the project and all involved have my utmost respect.

Best regards