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43 pointsmagnusgraviti10y ago22 comments

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The Golang Gopher is a design of Renee French, and the lack of attribution here is disappointing. Wouldn't these derivative works also be covered by her copyright?

https://blog.golang.org/gopher

jerf10y ago

The original Gopher is licensed under the Creative Commons 3 Attribution license: https://golang.org/doc/gopher/README

While technically you could license your own stuff under the WTFPL, these gopher images are still CC BY 3.0 underneath that.

arihant10y ago

I think in CC BY 3.0, as long as proper attribution is given, license of derivative works can be changed.

Licensor cannot revoke adaptation rights, as long as attribution is given, even for commercial use.

So the use of WTFPL is fine here, but the lack of attribution renders CC BY 3.0 non-applicable, and hence makes this repo a copyright infringement.

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sbt10y ago

The lack of attribution here is refreshing. I am sick of living in a world where all ideas have to be meticulously accounted for.

arihant10y ago

It is also against the spirit of CC, and also against CC BY 3.0, which Gopher is licensed under.

If you don't like attributing, do not use things licensed under CC. It's that simple.

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magnusgravitiOP10y ago

Hey guys!

We will put right license here. Just tell us what to write to not break other licenses. We updated old images and added own new.

So how to be here? I think we should add license of original authors (while Olga updated them and put into ai). And put own license (free to any use) to others. Could you make right pull request here?

P.S. Work is not aimed to harm anyone and we

jksmith10y ago

If golang has this much interest in mascot images, then game over. Time to start writing all services in golang. Sorry c# and Rust, you just don't have the same swaggage. Screw generics.

anonova10y ago

Rust does have the unofficial Ferris the crab: http://www.rustacean.net/

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kenOfYugen10y ago

Gopher is a cool mascot, although I really enjoyed "The Autistic Gopher Hypothesis" I read some time ago.

For humor's shake: http://www.evanmiller.org/four-days-of-go.html

maxmcd10y ago

My Gopher has always made intense and direct eye contact:

http://i.imgur.com/8THC2th.jpg

krylon10y ago

Imagine me making a very high-pitch squeaking sound, kind of like Kenneth from 30 Rock when he meets the cast of Night Court.

That is one CUTE gopher!

kenOfYugen10y ago

oh what have you done to him? is he drugged on ADD/ADHD medication? ;)

Lovely dark teal gopher!

krylon10y ago

Thank you, that was a fun read!

magnusgravitiOP10y ago

I also don't think too much about licenses problem and make things instead. Please, help us to add right licenses where appropriate and feel free to add yours to keep all such artwork in one place.

cdibona10y ago

1) the wtfpl is incompatible with the cc by that the gopher is licensed under. Please replace and properly attribute renee.

2) the wtfpl is not an open source license, or a software license, at all.

magnusgravitiOP10y ago

Then we should write which images were improved from original site and our own images put with CC license?

stuaxo10y ago

Can someone put these onto gopher ?

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bgentry10y ago

The Golang Gopher is a design of Renee French, and the lack of attribution here is disappointing. Wouldn't these derivative works also be covered by her copyright?

https://blog.golang.org/gopher

jerf10y ago

The original Gopher is licensed under the Creative Commons 3 Attribution license: https://golang.org/doc/gopher/README

While technically you could license your own stuff under the WTFPL, these gopher images are still CC BY 3.0 underneath that.

arihant10y ago

I think in CC BY 3.0, as long as proper attribution is given, license of derivative works can be changed.

Licensor cannot revoke adaptation rights, as long as attribution is given, even for commercial use.

So the use of WTFPL is fine here, but the lack of attribution renders CC BY 3.0 non-applicable, and hence makes this repo a copyright infringement.

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sbt10y ago

The lack of attribution here is refreshing. I am sick of living in a world where all ideas have to be meticulously accounted for.

arihant10y ago

It is also against the spirit of CC, and also against CC BY 3.0, which Gopher is licensed under.

If you don't like attributing, do not use things licensed under CC. It's that simple.

1 more reply

magnusgravitiOP10y ago

Hey guys!

We will put right license here. Just tell us what to write to not break other licenses. We updated old images and added own new.

P.S. Work is not aimed to harm anyone and we

jksmith10y ago

If golang has this much interest in mascot images, then game over. Time to start writing all services in golang. Sorry c# and Rust, you just don't have the same swaggage. Screw generics.

anonova10y ago

Rust does have the unofficial Ferris the crab: http://www.rustacean.net/

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kenOfYugen10y ago

Gopher is a cool mascot, although I really enjoyed "The Autistic Gopher Hypothesis" I read some time ago.

For humor's shake: http://www.evanmiller.org/four-days-of-go.html

maxmcd10y ago

My Gopher has always made intense and direct eye contact:

http://i.imgur.com/8THC2th.jpg

krylon10y ago

Imagine me making a very high-pitch squeaking sound, kind of like Kenneth from 30 Rock when he meets the cast of Night Court.

That is one CUTE gopher!

kenOfYugen10y ago

oh what have you done to him? is he drugged on ADD/ADHD medication? ;)

Lovely dark teal gopher!

krylon10y ago

Thank you, that was a fun read!

magnusgravitiOP10y ago

I also don't think too much about licenses problem and make things instead. Please, help us to add right licenses where appropriate and feel free to add yours to keep all such artwork in one place.

cdibona10y ago

1) the wtfpl is incompatible with the cc by that the gopher is licensed under. Please replace and properly attribute renee.

2) the wtfpl is not an open source license, or a software license, at all.

magnusgravitiOP10y ago

Then we should write which images were improved from original site and our own images put with CC license?

stuaxo10y ago

Can someone put these onto gopher ?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse