On the wider 'it could be considered political' point - it's time
everyone in or near tech understand that pretty much everything is
political, including technology.
If the OpenBSD Foundation want to avoid 'party political' - sure,
understandable. But 'anything' political? Impossible.
Good luck with the project, Gwen.
John
On 12/3/24 16:49, izzy Meyer wrote:
Hi Gwen
Like others have mentioned- this could technically be considered
"political".
However, thats the least of my concerns as social science is not
political science. I would only consider this "politicised" in recent
times, rather than "political".
I say you should be fine, although I carry no authority on the art or
copyright or goals of the project.
Also- all this image appears to be intended to do is have puffy
holding a progress flag. This would be a rather simple GIMP job,
especially cos both of these pieces of art are fairly easy to come by
online. (could be as simple as drag and drop and a mask over the fin).
You don't really need to generate any new images, just compose two
images together.
But- for some reason there is a strange glow on the puffy art (despite
looking very similar to the official art), and the lines are sorta
fuzzy and messy.
I can't help but infer this was made by a GAN, and if so, *that* would
be your legal pitfall. Please make this in GIMP so at the very least
you don't get accused of AI-art and copyright abuse.
Appreciated-
On December 2, 2024 7:06:55 PM CST, Gwen Nelson
<g...@gwennelson.co.uk> 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.
See attached - I'm not sure if the puffy artwork is licensed to
allow this kind of modification.
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 <http://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
