Talk:Logos

License

What's the license of these logos? --Michi 01:03, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

To the best of my knowledge they are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0. --AustinMartin 01:57, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

But they are protected as a trademark ! -- Nic 18:18, 23 August 2010 (BST)

Logo 'improvements'

Disappointed not to find either 'OSM' or 'OpenStreetMap' in text on the SVG graphic. Also good idea to put URL on as well.

I also note 'variant logos' for localities. I think this should be stopped and that the OSM official logo include some 'blank space' for locality imagery to be added (e.g. flag/crest/name) for official variants. These could include 'OSM Surveyor' etc. for people connected with the project to use on identifying materials.

I don't think binary in the magnifying glass would be appreciated by many and it would seem logical to put a close up of the actual street map in there - such as (for obvious reasons) Open Street: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/40.79133/-73.52078

-- The previous unsigned message was sent by Pmailkeey003 at 18:16‎, 28 March 2015 (CET)

History of the OpenStreetMap logo

Recently there have been some questions about the origin of the OpenStreetMap logo and questions about whether it's even a free logo. The logo originates from a time long before I joined the project, back when things were often done without much need for detailed discussion. But fortunately, Subversion, MediaWiki, and Git have kept a paper trail (with thanks to Chris2map and Achadwick):

• 2005-03-18: Steve Coast commits the original PNG logo to the Subversion repository for use in the top bar of the site (which primarily featured the Java Applet). [1][2]
• 2005-03-19: Matt Amos commits an SVG version of the logo. [3]
• 2005-03-28: Steve commits a new JPEG logo for the front page. [4][5] This is a more refined version that includes the familiar green map background.
• 2005-04-26: Steve uploads a PNG of this image to the wiki as File:Wiki.png, two days after setting up MediaWiki as a replacement for PhpWiki. [6]
• 2007-05-13: Steve commits an SVG of the green logo to the repository. [7]
• 2008-01-16: Steve confirms that Matt is the logo's original author. [8]
• 2009-03-02: Matt confirms that the logo is available under the same license as the Subversion repository, GPLv2. [9]
• 2009-05-07: TobWen uploads a cleaned-up version of the SVG as File:OpenStreetMap-Logo.svg.
• 2009-07-07: Matt grants every subscriber to the talk mailing list a license to use the logo in an application without payment or attribution (half in jest). [10]
• 2009-11-06: The OpenStreetMap Foundation announces a contest to select a logo for the foundation. [11]
• 2010-08-08: Ken Vermette publishes the winning logo submission. [12][13]
• 2011-04-29: The strategic working group selects Ken's logo submission as the logo of the OSM project, and Steve starts the process of publishing it on the website. [14]
• 2011-04-30: Grant Slater uploads the new logo as File:Public-images-osm logo.svg.
• 2011-05-13: The OSMF publishes an interview with Ken and states that the logo is licensed under CC BY-SA. [15]

Based on this timeline, I think it's safe to conclude that both the white and green versions of the original logo are designed by Matt Amos and available under the GPLv2, and maybe under a more permissive license if you take his July 2009 mailing list post seriously. Meanwhile, the current logo is designed by Ken Vermette and available under CC BY-SA. It is clearly inspired by the original logo, but whether it counts as a derivative work or a new work under relevant copyright law or the GPL is a complicated question, especially since the GPL wasn't primarily developed with a focus on visual media. As far as I know, Matt has never spoken up against Ken's derivative or its availability under CC BY-SA.

Please feel free to respond with additional context that's missing above or correct me on anything that's amiss.

 – Minh Nguyễn ^💬 21:32, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Would it be better to attribute also Matt Amos for logo authorship? Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 13:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

@Mateusz Konieczny: I suppose that's open to interpretation. Ken Vermette has historically been credited for the 2010 logo and I don't see a reason to stop doing that. But for completeness' sake, it wouldn't be unreasonable to also credit Matt Amos with the concept. As a subscriber to the mailing list, you would be doing that strictly as a courtesy, since he already waived any potential legal requirement to do so. ;^) – Minh Nguyễn ^💬 04:22, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Logo for OSM Notes

I see there are logos for many things, but I haven't found a logo for notes. I think this is important because many people are working on them.

I created a proposal logo for it, based on the OSM logo.

OSM Notes logo

What do you think? AngocA (talk) 06:00, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

--Marek-M (talk) 18:55, 21 March 2023 (UTC) I like the proposal. The logo is simple but contains the right content.

I will include this logo in the Logos pages. Everyone agreed https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/logo-for-osm-notes/97183 AngocA (talk) 05:01, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Mastodon logos

So now we have a whole list of Mastodon logos, without any information about which ones are actually in use. Maybe they can all be listed on a sub-page, especially the unused ones. --501ghost (talk) 16:17, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

The images of the 'I love OpenStreetMap' item

There was an error in the original logo image of the 'I love OpenStreetMap' item. - Error location preview
The error also remains in each language-specific image created from this source file.
Please note that this has been corrected and corrected for errors in the original. --깨몽/dreamy (talk) 08:23, 15 May 2023 (UTC)