Posted by orthoducks on August 5, 2008 at 2:19pm
I need a logo for my Drupal development business, and I'd like to design something that incorporates an image based on the Druplicon. Before I go ahead I need to find out what the policy is on this type of use.
I've queried the Drupal Association about this, and I expect them to give me the authoritative answer, but I don't know if I will get it quickly enough. Hence, I'm also asking here.
I have found a few forum topics about the status of the Druplicon, but they just conclude that it is covered by the GPL. That doesn't answer the question — this is a trademark issue, not a copyright issue, and the GPL says nothing about that.
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Did the Association ever
Did the Association ever respond? You're basically asking for free legal advice, so it will probably be worth every penny you've paid ;)
You can see some information about Drupal and trademark here https://association.drupal.org/about/copyright There's a sub-page about Druplicon https://association.drupal.org/press/images
There's another thread about it here http://drupal.org/node/285249
And http://drupal.org/node/74808
Wikimedia commons has labeled it as GPL since September 2009.
So, I think the answer is that you can incorporate it just fine into the design but the exact way you incorporate it may mean that your new design needs to be GPL as well.
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