Who is willing to create

[kiba]

CC is public domain with the only restrictions in this case being an attribution requirement and a non-commercial restriction. Boy you must also hate BSD, Linux, Apache, Firefox, etc. what with their "restrictive" license requirements that are only in place to give credit for good work and protect from commercial misuse.

For the record, I am just pointing out a strategic mistakes in propagating memes even if that mean sacrificing author attribution and protection from "commercial misuse".

Yes, I am a public domain proponent, as my whole magazine is published under the public domain. Still, don't let that dissuade you from accepting a good argument.

[enmaku]

From the source:

(10:34:22 AM) Jilly: I don't want to get into a fight on the forums
(10:34:34 AM) Jilly: but I wasn't trying to win a contest
(10:34:41 AM) Jilly: I didn't know it was a race
(10:36:46 AM) Jilly: they asked for logos, I made a logo...prior to this post
(10:36:59 AM) Jilly: just sharing it

The image already existed in its current state and licensing before this post was created. She just wanted to share her work. Don't bitch because you don't agree with the specific license she chose, I can smell the BSD vs GPL bloodbath in the air already and it smells like shit.

[kiba]

The bitcoin enterprise is non-commercial. There is no overarching bitcoin company that makes profit from bitcoin use.

That's nonsense.  Instead, what we have is a community of self-interest and sometime altruistically motivated user. So we're commercially oriented community of bitcoiners.

[TiagoTiago]

How about a giant snakey that gobbles up computers to get longer, with lots of nerds riding it?

[kiba]

The image already existed in its current state and licensing before this post was created. She just wanted to share her work. Don't bitch because you don't agree with the specific license she chose, I can smell the BSD vs GPL bloodbath in the air already and it smells like shit.

Hostility much? I don't give a shit about what license you choose. I am just pointing out how licenses like that limits the spread of a work.

[lemonginger]

Let me get this straight...

You licensed your submission to an OFFICIAL MASCOT competition... Non-commercial?

That's rich.

Official? Wha?

[enmaku]

Let me get this straight...

You licensed your submission to an OFFICIAL MASCOT competition... Non-commercial?

That's rich.

Official? Wha?

Yeah I must have missed the press conference where Satoshi announced this contest.

[myrkul]

The bitcoin enterprise is non-commercial. There is no overarching bitcoin company that makes profit from bitcoin use.

You're right, but every bitcoin company that wanted to use it would have to ask. That means a flood of emails, constant annoyance on both side of the matter, and ultimately, selection of a different mascot.
 
1. Unholster pistol.
2. carefully aim at left big toe.
3. squeeze trigger.

I will grant the "Official" was wrong, though.

[oneforall]

bitcoinman was first made back around the end of may

http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10373.0

see that thread for the youtube

[enmaku]

The bitcoin enterprise is non-commercial. There is no overarching bitcoin company that makes profit from bitcoin use.

You're right, but every bitcoin company that wanted to use it would have to ask. That means a flood of emails, constant annoyance on both side of the matter, and ultimately, selection of a different mascot.
 
1. Unholster pistol.
2. carefully aim at left big toe.
3. squeeze trigger.

I will grant the "Official" was wrong, though.

Dude, she just wanted to share her work. She made something and was proud of it and wanted to show it to a community that she thought might appreciate it. Maybe the choice of licensing was wrong for *this* purpose but she didn't make it for *this* purpose.

And for those who are pissed that she licensed it at all, here in the U.S. you have to - otherwise your work is considered copyrighted by default (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92appa.html -or- http://www.copyright-laws.com/pgs/copyright-basics.html for those that don't speak legalese)
This would be why bitcoin is released under the MIT license, Linux under the GPL license, BSD under (go figure) the BSD license, FireFox under the MPL (Mozilla Public License) and so on. She wanted her work to be publicly available but didn't want it to be ganked for corporate misuse by the first company that liked it so she CC licensed it non-commercial.

Nothing is stopping her from changing that license if the situation changes and you all seriously need to go take a Xanax or something before you pop a vessel over someone you don't know choosing a license you don't like for IP that you have no stake in... Yeesh.

[myrkul]

I'm not mad, I'm actually rather amused. (what really made me laugh was your "CC NC, of course")

I like the alpaca better anyway.

[enmaku]

I'm not mad, I'm actually rather amused. (what really made me laugh was your "CC NC, of course")

I like the alpaca better anyway.

I only said that because CC NC is sort of the go-to for image licensing unless circumstances require otherwise.

I think her logo might appeal more to the female bitcoiner crowd (read: her and the 2 other women here)

[myrkul]

True, the owl is cute, no denying that. But, who doesn't love an alpaca?

[BitcoinPorn]

Alpaca, now with more cute



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[Gabriel Beal]

Yo B-Porn, I vote for the Alpaca.  What's his/her name?

[MeSarah]

I like the owl too. I was going to suggest Bubo from Clash of the Titans.
http://students.autodesk.com/ama/public/065/158/971344/Bubo_WingSpan.png  <- I dont think hot linking is allowed.

But I was concered with all the conspiracy types here they would link it to the Bohemian Grove and the owl there (Molok?).
But there is another reason I didnt suggest it. Bubo is: An inflamed, tender swelling of a lymph node, especially in the area of the armpit or groin, that is characteristic of certain infections, such as bubonic plague, syphilis or cat scratch fever to name a few.

I think Im developing a fondness for the small golden alpaca.

[Ryland R. Taylor-Almanza]

The owl is definitely my favorite.

[BitcoinPorn]

Yo B-Porn, I vote for the Alpaca.  What's his/her name?

Community decides lol.  If chosen, I will release my shitty .psd's to all you hounds to clean it up or edit and have fun with.  I only wish I knew who took that original photo.

[mmdough]

Yo B-Porn, I vote for the Alpaca.  What's his/her name?

Community decides lol.  If chosen, I will release my shitty .psd's to all you hounds to clean it up or edit and have fun with.  I only wish I knew who took that original photo.

Probably the proprietors of this establishment: http://www.cas-cad-nacfarm.com/

[adamstgBit]

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