Re: SVG version of GDB mascot (archer fish)

Andreas Arnez
2017-09-26T11:36:09Z

On Tue, Sep 26 2017, Pedro Alves wrote:

> On 09/25/2017 11:28 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>> Since 2001 the GDB project uses the drawing of an archer fish as its
>>> logo. The drawing was made by Jamie Guinan, who scanned it into a JPG
>>> file. That image is currently used on all the GDB web pages.
>>>
>>> I've created an SVG version of that drawing and used it for my last GNU
>>> Tools Cauldron slides. Here's a slightly improved version. Would this
>>> be of interest? If so, I might be able to provide a patch for the GDB
>>> web site, not sure how to commit it though.
>
> This is awesome!
>
>>
>> I would say so.
>>
>> I could help with the import, since I have write access to
>> the GDB web pages. It looks like generally supported by most
>> web browsers, so if your SVG doesn't use any feature that's
>> too fancy, we should be able to just import it, right?
>>
>> Should I go ahead?
>
> https://sourceware.org/gdb/mascot/ should be updated
> to point at/mention this contribution too.

Sure. I'll include that in my patch.

> Is this an Inkspace SVG? If so, I believe that it's a good
> idea to export it as an Optimized SVG for the web.
>
> If already optimized / stripped of custom extensions, it
> may be desirable to also provide access to the original file
> for future editing and adaptation, if Andreas is willing.

It's already optimized. Yes, I can provide the Inkscape version as
well. I'll add it to the patch.

> Do we need to say something about copyright/license?

Since the SVG is strongly based on the original drawing,
it seems to me that we can not choose the license independently. The
original fish is licensed as "CC BY-SA 3.0 US":

http://www.bluebutton.com/misc/archer.comment

So I assume that the SVG version has to be licensed in the same way. In
my patch I'll update the "mascot" page with the licensing information
and a link to the license
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/).

--
Andreas