trademark/copyright issue on logo

jstransformers / jstransformer

Normalize the API of any JSTransformer.

http://npm.im/jstransformer

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trademark/copyright issue on logo #221

Closed Atlas48 closed 4 years ago

Atlas48 commented 5 years ago

The 'autobot' portion of the logo used is a trademark registered to Hasbro, Inc. (US: 76673705), to avoid potential litigation/trademark issues, I feel as if the logo should be changed: as the MIT License implies copyright on the respected image, which may be a potential violation.

I personally don't think it's the best idea to have a giant, well-funded legal team descend unto this project, so I'd say "better safe than sorry".

RobLoach commented 4 years ago

Good call. I'm unsure if it would fall under fair use, and I'm also no copyright lawyer.

ForbesLindesay commented 4 years ago

I'd be happy to see a suggestion for an alternative. It personally hadn't occurred to me that there was a connection with that kind of transformer when I chose the project name. The type of transformer I had in mind was more like:

440px-Transformer3d_col3 svg

The current logo does look cool though, so we'd need to find a good logo if we're going to replace it.

Atlas48 commented 4 years ago

Added an idea for a new logo: #225