hey folks, quick update to say you’ve probably noticed our new community icons.

these icons were lovingly crafted by @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org, who posted them a couple of days ago over in Creative. we took notice of them and obviously–because they’re our community icons now–really, really liked them.

thanks to his generosity in working things out with us, we’re pleased to announce we can use his icons under a Creative Commons license for the site! until further notice they’ll be our site icons, with credit to him on our sidebars. we’ll also be adding attribution to the community sidebars over the rest of day as time permits.

we’re also pleased to report that, thanks to your generosity, we’ve been able to reasonably compensate him for all 33 of the icons he’s made for the community! the agreed to rate is $5 per icon, for a total of $165 that’s been paid out to him as of today. this expense has been reflected on our Open Collective. (we’ve also agreed to, as possible, commission him for any future community icons until further notice, which will be subject to that same rate.)

hopefully you enjoy the new icons, and please thank UrLogicFails for the work here! thanks for using the site again folks!

  •  Gork   ( @Gork@beehaw.org ) English
    1•1 year ago

    You may not remove or obfuscate either of the TM or ® symbols in the OSI Logo.

    Ok completely unrelated. I always use the proper ™ or ® in whatever context it is required whether I’m writing for work or otherwise, even if I have absolutely no stake in the game at all, not working for any of the companies either. Because if I don’t then they can lose their trademark.

    For example. Suppose I am responding to a post about motor oils in a Reddit Beehaw post, and I mention a fully synthetic motor oil like Mobil 1™. I use their trademark, but I don’t use it, endorse it, nor work for Mobil™.

    Do I need to do this or is this just an obsessive compulsion of mine? Do other people do this? What’s the “right” level of mentioning trademarks without making it seem like I’m a corporate shill?

    •  coldredlight   ( @coldredlight@beehaw.org ) English
      1•1 year ago

      As far as I know, it’s not really true that those marks have to be included to protect a trademark. Definitely there’s no expectation that individuals should be using them in normal communications. Unless you actually work for the company and are told to include a mark on company branding, it’s really not something to ever worry about.