[PATCH 00/12] add PNG support

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 18:03 Thu 06 Sep     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> The discussion in this thread makes it clear that there are two problems
> with this logo, one technical and one political.
> 
> The technical problem:
> 
> From a technical pov it makes no sense to put big image binaries into
> the repository when a small svg image would be sufficient to generate
> all other images.
> 
> The political problem:
> 
> For an open source project a closed image is a no go. We (and by we I
> mean we as the community, not we as Pengutronix) must for example be
> able to:
> 
> - generate versions with different colors, sizes, dimensions
> - generate a logo without text
> - modify the image and to redistribute without limitations
> - add a journal to the logo and use it for bwn.org (barebox weekly news) ;)
As on Linux, Meego , Mozilla, Coreboot and others Logo are copyrighted and protected

This is a standard for project image protection

Modify the image means the image is not Barebox Logo
(Modify in the limit of the Licence)

This is the full meaning of the Copyright.

The redistribution are without limitation

Best Regards,
J.