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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Heritage
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 13:36:43
Message-Id: 1147267921.3785.29.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Heritage by Curtis Napier
1 On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 00:55 -0400, Curtis Napier wrote:
2 > Grant Goodyear wrote:
3 > > Curtis Napier wrote: [Tue May 09 2006, 09:49:27PM CDT]
4 > >> Larry our wonderful mascot is from a font collection that we DO NOT OWN
5 > >> THE COPYRIGHT TOO. Our esteemed ex-architect STOLE Larry. Legally
6 > >> speaking we have no rights to use Larry whatsoever and if the owner of
7 > >> the copyright ever stumbles onto gentoo.org and sees it we are looking
8 > >> at a big fat lawsuit.
9 > >
10 > > Both Jon and I (separately) addressed this earlier, but I'm pretty sure
11 > > that although we don't own the copyright to Larry, the font it is from
12 > > has a license that allows us to use it freely. If you have evidence to
13 > > the contrary, please let me know, and I'll see what I can do to obtain
14 > > any necessary rights.
15 > >
16 > > -g2boojum-
17 >
18 > I don't see a license for it anywhere. If we have a copy it would
19 > probably be best to have it somewhere easily accessible. Putting it in
20 > the images directory on the website makes sense.
21
22 I have a copy of the font.
23
24 It is ©2000 Ethan Dunham ‐ Fonthead Design ‐ http://www.fonthead.com
25
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27 Chris Gianelloni
28 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
29 x86 Architecture Team
30 Games - Developer
31 Gentoo Linux

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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Heritage Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Heritage Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Heritage Xavier Neys <neysx@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Heritage Francesco Riosa <vivo@g.o>