Tuesday, December 03, 2024

Re: Quick question regarding puffy

On 3.12.2024 02:06, Gwen Nelson 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.

Apart from below info you are hitting trigger right here:

https://www.openbsd.org/goals.html

in particular line:

Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
basis of technical merit.

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

Every artwork has its author

https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/www/images/

This may probably help answer you as well

https://veronicasart.com/copyright-law-for-artists-rules-to-protect-and-avoid-copyright-infringement-of-original-art/

>
> 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

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