On Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 21:44:54 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On 10.02.2016 22:37, CraigDillabaugh wrote:
>> I know I can take the logo from the website and blow it up, but it is
>> pretty small and enlarging it so much will result in a pretty awful
>> looking image.
>
> It's an SVG file, so enlarging should work beautifully. If you're having trouble with it, I can upload a larger SVG or PNG version.
>
> Is 256x256 the ideal format? Does it need to be square? The logo on the site is more wide than high. Do you want it cropped or centered?

Thanks.  I found the SVG version, which I should be able to resize.  For some reason Google wants a logo at least 256x256. Not sure if it has to be square, need to check their site again, think it has to be 256 on the smallest dimension.

I am reasonably competent with image processing software, so I should be OK, even if I have to crop/squish it.  Actually, it would make more sense to just add a white background and centre it on that if they don't take irregular shapes.   If I get stuck, I will know who to ask.

On Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 16:26:33 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> Can I get more opinions on increasing the logo size on the website please.
>
> See here for an example:
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1227
>
> Destroy!

It is better on large screen, worse on small ones.

On 10.02.2016 22:31, anonymous wrote:
> I've shot him an email.

No response for a week. Trying a GitHub @-mention now:
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1212#issuecomment-185381136

On Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 20:25:05 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On 10.02.2016 17:49, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>> If you guys are going to create a
>> new logo based on the old one, you probably should clear it with the
>> original creator. On his website he has give us use rights for
>> non-commercial use, but not rights to create derivative works...
>
> The new logo is not part of the pull request. It's already on the site. If there's a legal problem, we should probably revert that.
>
> The exact text on the site of the original author [1] is
>
>     COPYRIGHT © SUKIMASHITA 2006
>     ALL FREE TO USE. ONLY SELLING THESE IMAGES IS PROHIBITED.
>
> I'd understand that to allow derivative works, but disallow selling them. I'm not a lawyer, though.
>
> If those terms don't allow us to mess with the logo, what kind of statement or license do we need from the author?
>
>
> [1] http://media.sukimashita.com/d/

The same site also says, under "Guide": "Ease creation of derivative art (icons, banners etc.)", which is certainly not an explicit legal statement, but gives an idea of the author's intention.

On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 at 09:39:22 UTC, Adrian Matoga wrote:
> On Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 20:25:05 UTC, anonymous wrote:
>> On 10.02.2016 17:49, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>>> If you guys are going to create a
>>> new logo based on the old one, you probably should clear it with the
>>> original creator. On his website he has give us use rights for
>>> non-commercial use, but not rights to create derivative works...
>>
>> The new logo is not part of the pull request. It's already on the site. If there's a legal problem, we should probably revert that.
>>
>> The exact text on the site of the original author [1] is
>>
>>     COPYRIGHT © SUKIMASHITA 2006
>>     ALL FREE TO USE. ONLY SELLING THESE IMAGES IS PROHIBITED.
>>
>> I'd understand that to allow derivative works, but disallow selling them. I'm not a lawyer, though.
>>
>> If those terms don't allow us to mess with the logo, what kind of statement or license do we need from the author?
>>
>>
>> [1] http://media.sukimashita.com/d/
>
> The same site also says, under "Guide": "Ease creation of derivative art (icons, banners etc.)", which is certainly not an explicit legal statement, but gives an idea of the author's intention.

Could we just redo the logo?  I think it looks like our D has a cancerous tumor.  How about just cutting off the big growth, and moving that little dot (in the upper right) into the center of the D.  Also make the center of the D pure red so the dot stands out.

On Wednesday, 17 February 2016 at 20:11:10 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On 10.02.2016 22:31, anonymous wrote:
>> I've shot him an email.
>
> No response for a week. Trying a GitHub @-mention now:
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1212#issuecomment-185381136

No response to that either. I've also tried emailing two other addresses and Twitter. Nothing. What now?