Microsoft blatantly copying Ubuntu logo? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Slavakion · 09-28-2005, 08:32 AM

I'm sure a few people in here are familiar with the linux distro Ubuntu. You know the logo? The one with three people in a circle, holding hands? Check this out:

If it's a coincidence, it's the biggest one that I've ever seen.

ScottKuma · 09-28-2005, 08:36 AM

Hopefully Ubuntu has trademarked that logo.

spived2 · 10-01-2005, 07:06 PM

It wouldn't be the first time Micro$oft stole something for themselves...

How much do you want to bet the sue Ubuntu for copying them if they didn't trademark theirs in the first place?

Slavakion · 10-02-2005, 07:54 AM

Ubuntu did trademark their logo, though i'm not sure when. I'm sure that MS could slip out of any lawsuit by saying that the Ubuntu logo is too stylized to concretely represent three people in a circle. Even though I think that they've said that's what it is on their website for a long time.

catback · 10-02-2005, 02:09 PM

They are similar but not close enough for trademark infringement.

propaganda · 10-02-2005, 06:47 PM

::goes for the cheap shot:: Another plus for Linux? Microsoft is now using a similar style of logos.

Maybe showing a little bit of Linux supremacy. It doesn't but its a point for Linux in general. I personally fell in love with Ubuntu when I first ran it.

Redlemon · 10-03-2005, 06:03 AM

I think it's a coincidence, because I don't think that Microsoft's "MSN Spaces" would gain anything by trying to take advantage of confusion with a Linux distribution.

Y2KDREAD · 10-03-2005, 12:44 PM

Microsoft has had the little guy logo for awhile, i think it was just a take off showing more of a connection, and it just kinda happened. Like Redlemon thinks, i bet it is a coincidence as well.

MikeSty · 10-03-2005, 01:16 PM

WTF is MSN spaces and who cares about it anyway?

phukraut · 10-03-2005, 02:38 PM

It's a type of blogging space with some special features for pictures I think.

Plaid13 · 10-19-2005, 03:15 AM

if only all the software companys would start making linux friendly programs... i hate windows but gaming with linux still isnt the best idea. most games still dont make a linux version. microsoft is evil!

09-28-2005, 08:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Slavakion Mjollnir Incarnate Location: Lost in thought	Microsoft blatantly copying Ubuntu logo? I'm sure a few people in here are familiar with the linux distro Ubuntu. You know the logo? The one with three people in a circle, holding hands? Check this out: If it's a coincidence, it's the biggest one that I've ever seen.

09-28-2005, 08:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
ScottKuma Insane Location: Maineville, OH	Hopefully Ubuntu has trademarked that logo. __________________ A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take from you everything you have. -Gerald R. Ford GoogleMap Me

10-01-2005, 07:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	It wouldn't be the first time Micro$oft stole something for themselves... How much do you want to bet the sue Ubuntu for copying them if they didn't trademark theirs in the first place? __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

10-03-2005, 06:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	I think it's a coincidence, because I don't think that Microsoft's "MSN Spaces" would gain anything by trying to take advantage of confusion with a Linux distribution. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

10-03-2005, 12:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
Y2KDREAD Crazy Location: College Station, TX	Microsoft has had the little guy logo for awhile, i think it was just a take off showing more of a connection, and it just kinda happened. Like Redlemon thinks, i bet it is a coincidence as well. __________________ Signatures are for chumps.

10-02-2005, 07:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Slavakion Mjollnir Incarnate Location: Lost in thought	Ubuntu did trademark their logo, though i'm not sure when. I'm sure that MS could slip out of any lawsuit by saying that the Ubuntu logo is too stylized to concretely represent three people in a circle. Even though I think that they've said that's what it is on their website for a long time.

10-02-2005, 02:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
catback Psycho Location: North America	They are similar but not close enough for trademark infringement.

10-02-2005, 06:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
propaganda Psycho	::goes for the cheap shot:: Another plus for Linux? Microsoft is now using a similar style of logos. Maybe showing a little bit of Linux supremacy. It doesn't but its a point for Linux in general. I personally fell in love with Ubuntu when I first ran it.

10-03-2005, 01:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	WTF is MSN spaces and who cares about it anyway?

10-03-2005, 02:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
phukraut Addict	It's a type of blogging space with some special features for pictures I think.

10-19-2005, 03:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
Plaid13 I want a Plaid crayon	if only all the software companys would start making linux friendly programs... i hate windows but gaming with linux still isnt the best idea. most games still dont make a linux version. microsoft is evil!