Comments on: Fedora Issues Cease & Desist against DataPortability http://tech.navarr.me/2008/02/fedora-issues-cease-desist-against-dataportability.html The Technical Side of my Life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nickyn00 http://tech.navarr.me/2008/02/fedora-issues-cease-desist-against-dataportability.html/comment-page-1#comment-36 Nickyn00 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:55:00 +0000 http://temptech.gtaero.net/?p=28#comment-36 ... Are they trying to say that using a slanted infinity sign in your logo is copying them? That's ridiculous. … Are they trying to say that using a slanted infinity sign in your logo is copying them? That’s ridiculous.

]]> By: Electron http://tech.navarr.me/2008/02/fedora-issues-cease-desist-against-dataportability.html/comment-page-1#comment-31 Electron Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:53:00 +0000 http://temptech.gtaero.net/?p=28#comment-31 What the hell? Are they flippin' blind?<br/><br/>Fedora "infinity" logo: http://fedoranews.org/cms/files/fedoraLogo_infinity.png<br/><br/>Dataportability logo:<br/>http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/2162236149_395c929274_o.gif<br/><br/>It couldn't be clearer to a three-year-old that the Fedora logo merely vaguely resembles the dataportability one. Not only are they differently coloured, but they are also surrounded by (completely) differently-shaped backgrounds, but the Fedora one clearly shows an "f" inside of it, while DP contains a "d". The corners are rounded quite differently, and neither is the white-green transition (a straight line where the green ends and white begins) similar to the Fedora one, which ends in a rounded manner.<br/><br/>In my opinion they would look alike to somebody who is intentionally trying to be inconvenient for the other party, for example, someone sending a cease-and-desist letter.<br/><br/>Red Hat sucks. I'm never using a site I know is hosted by Red Hat servers again. What the hell? Are they flippin’ blind?

Fedora “infinity” logo: http://fedoranews.org/cms/files/fedoraLogo_infinity.png

Dataportability logo:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/2162236149_395c929274_o.gif

It couldn’t be clearer to a three-year-old that the Fedora logo merely vaguely resembles the dataportability one. Not only are they differently coloured, but they are also surrounded by (completely) differently-shaped backgrounds, but the Fedora one clearly shows an “f” inside of it, while DP contains a “d”. The corners are rounded quite differently, and neither is the white-green transition (a straight line where the green ends and white begins) similar to the Fedora one, which ends in a rounded manner.

In my opinion they would look alike to somebody who is intentionally trying to be inconvenient for the other party, for example, someone sending a cease-and-desist letter.

Red Hat sucks. I’m never using a site I know is hosted by Red Hat servers again.

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