Re: author of PostgreSQL logo

From: Oleg Bartunov <obartunov(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: author of PostgreSQL logo
Date: 2016-04-20 21:00:26
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:52 PM, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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> On 20 Apr 2016, at 21:32, Oleg Bartunov <obartunov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:17 AM, Oleg Bartunov <obartunov(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> wrote:
> > On 19 Apr 2016, at 21:18, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> > > On 19 Apr 2016, at 20:00, Oleg Bartunov <obartunov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >> I found on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pg_logo.png, that
> > >> author is Jeff MacDonald, but actually, it was Daniel Lundin, who
> used logo by Dmitry Samersoff (slonik.gif, elephant in diamond) and made
> logo for postgresql.inc. Jeff made 'powered by" with Daniel's elphant. I
> specially checked archives and wayback machine to refresh my memory.
> > >>
> http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/obartunov/24248903/38652/38652_original.png
> > >>
> > >> Should we bother about this ?
> > >
> > > Probably a good idea to get that fixed. It shouldn't take huge
> effort, if you
> > > can find someone with permissions to make the change. :)
> >
> > This seems to be the blog for the correct Daniel Lundin too, if you want
> > to ping him first to confirm. :)
> >
> > http://www.eintr.org
> >
> > It has email, twitter, GitHub info on there for him.
> >
> > Will ask.
> >
> > Daniel confirm, that he is author of this logo and that he used
> "elephant in diamond" by Dmitry Samersoff, so I edited information on
> wikipedia and corrected several broken links to pgfoundry.
> [snip]
>
> Looking here, it's still saying "Jeff MacDonald":
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pg_logo.png
>
> Should that still be the case? :)
>

fixed. I corrected .svg and forgot about .png

>
> + Justin
>
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> who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
> first group; there was less competition there."
> - Indira Gandhi
>
>

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