Re: LessZilla/SeaMonkey: artwork and builds

[Alexander Sack]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 11:34:55PM -0600, address@hidden wrote:
> I've started doing some "third-party" SeaMonkey builds inspired by GNUzilla's
> work on Iceweasel.
> 
> Two things:
> 
> 1. I've rebranded them as "LessZilla" and used some GNU images in
> creating/assembling artwork for them.  Specifically, I'm using modifications 
> of
> Joseph Reiss's gnu head, Brian Bush's slick gnu logo, and the gnu/GNUzilla 
> logo
> in the about.png for Iceweasel. I make it clear that my LessZilla isn't the
> real LessZilla which hopefully GNUzilla will provide, and I link to GNUzilla.
> 
> 1a. Is this use okay?
> 1b. If so, who is the creator of the logo.png/about.png in Iceweasel: I'd like
> to give credit. (I really like this image, and would like to use a mod of it 
> in
> some throbbers for my themes as well.)
> 
> 2.  Some of the scripts and imagework may be of interest to others.  I rebrand
> with extremely simple shell scripts, but they work and may at least provide
> pointers to some of the SM-specific files/images to be changed.
> 
> The image work also may be of interest.  In both cases, feel free to use any 
> of
> it.
> 
> The builds themselves, and the scripts/patches and the logo images, are
> available on my site:  http://www.incognu.com/builds.html
> 

The problem from the debian pov is that we had to come up with
something now. Endless discussions won't help.

About the Xzilla thing ... we have been given a pointer by mozilla
that it would be a bad idea to use anything with zilla suffix, as it
would probably cause troubles with the owner of "godzilla"
trademark ... so better safe than sorry imo.

 - Alexander

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