[Baylisa] [darkuranium at gmail.com: Request for comments on a keycap (keyboard key) logo]

Thu Dec 20 17:08:39 PST 2012

Ha--I've been thinking about that, too!  And Jim, I hadn't realized we'd commissioned Kirk for original art:  I'd just assumed it was a right-to-use agreement.  Thanks for setting me straight!  See you tonight, Rob.

-Guy

On Dec 20, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Robert Novak <rnovak at indyramp.com> wrote:

> I've found evidence in Twiki that there was a licensing/royalty agreement
> with Mr McKusick. I believe it was 5% of gross receipts in advance, from a
> blw message from Jim 12 years ago last month :)
> 
> We've (well, I've) been thinking about doing new promo items, which will
> probably require making a new agreement with Kirk. Someone committed to
> having some new logos designed by the February 2012 board meeting, but that
> hasn't happened yet. Maybe in 2013. Maybe a Mayan themed logo or
> something--perhaps animated? :)
> 
> Robert
> 
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Jim Hickstein <jxh at jxh.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2012/12/20 12:34, David Wolfskill wrote:
>> 
>>> While I admit a certain bias [Disclosure: I've been volunteering for the
>>> FreeBSD project in administrative positions for some years now], the
>>> image is not specific to FreeBSD -- and it bears a strong resemblance to
>>> the daemon BayLISA has used in the past.
>>> 
>> 
>> That's because BayLISA commissioned the same artist, Marshall Kirk
>> McKusick.  The BayLISA "daemon" is distinct, though related.  I don't
>> recall (because I wasn't around at that very early stage) what the
>> copyright arrangement was for ours.
>> 
>> 
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