Re: [PATCH] docs: add SVG version of Linux logo

[IFo Hancroft]

Hi,

You have my permission to use the vector version of Tux with the license given in the patch.

Best Regards,
IFo Hancroft

On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 02:44:18AM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> In the Rust for Linux patch series, Jonathan Corbet requested that
> we avoid binary assets (logo and favicons for the generated
> documentation), possibly by recreating the logo in SVG format.
>
> However, it turns out there is no SVG version of the Linux logo
> in the kernel tree yet, only a GIF one from the pre-v2.0.0 days.
> Thus this commit fixes that, which then we can use in the Rust
> documentation in one way or another.
>
> This is a vector re-illustration by Garrett LeSage of the original
> logo by Larry Ewing (plus cleanups by IFo Hancroft). Garrett gave
> me (privately) his permission to use it for this purpose. The
> acknowledgement requirement has been made mandatory here to match
> the wording of the existing one.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87fspk1xoc.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Garrett, it would be great if you could confirm here that you
> are OK with the note in `COPYING-logo`. In particular, in your
> repository, you license the logo as public domain, though here
> I followed the existing licence which requires giving credit.
> Please see below.
>
> Documentation/COPYING-logo |    8 +
> Documentation/logo.svg     | 2040 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 2048 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/logo.svg
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/COPYING-logo b/Documentation/COPYING-logo
> index b21c7cf7d9f6..fd7c9451fc72 100644
> --- a/Documentation/COPYING-logo
> +++ b/Documentation/COPYING-logo
> @@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ Larry's web-page:
>
> 	https://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/
>
> +The SVG version was re-illustrated in vector by Garrett LeSage and
> +refined and cleaned up by IFo Hancroft. It is also freely usable
> +as long as you acknowledge Larry, Garrett and IFo Hancroft as above.
> +
> +There are also black-and-white and inverted vector versions at
> +Garrett's repository:
> +
> +	https://github.com/garrett/Tux