Use of trademarked icon

[dusansimic]

I'm opening an issue since it was brought up on the flathub package repository (flathub/com.sindresorhus.Caprine#72).

Aside from the flathub rules, it is a fair point. It could be problematic to have trademarked assets in our code or resources (icons).

For the solution, we have two options:

1. Change the Caprine icon upstream.
2. Use a different icon downstream (FlatHub repository).

It should be noted that the FlatHub package is fairly used. According to FlatHub Stats, FlatHub package is downloaded daily around 300 times while on release, it's downloaded between 3000 and 4000 times depending on the release.

Comparing that to COPR (Fedora/RHEL) package, where it's more in the hundreds. Flatpak package can be installed on many distributions, not just Fedora so it's an important package source for the project.

Are there any ideas for a substitute icon?

I will whip up some designs hopefully this or next week. We'll likely release it as a patch release and follow that up with merging other fixes that are ready or nearly complete.

I'm tagging @sindresorhus just to approve this an give their two cents about which option we should chose (1. or 2.).

[sindresorhus]

Maybe replace the lightening symbol with a goat? Since "Caprine" means "relating to goats".

[mquevill]

Maybe replace the lightening symbol with a goat? Since "Caprine" means "relating to goats".

I like this idea! Kind of along the lines of Ubuntu's Trusty Tahr iconography.

I think having a consistent icon across releases would be better (solution 1). And a unique icon will help to differentiate from any official Messenger Desktop releases.

[dusansimic]

Awesome idea! I'll whip something up in the next few days.

[mquevill]

@dusansimic Any updates on this?

[mquevill]

Below is something along the lines of what we were discussing. I like that this design mirrors the lightning bolt a bit with the goat's body, but might be a bit busy for an icon? Open to feedback.

Is this different enough from the original logo? Or should we change the color scheme too (or other aspects)?

[mquevill]

Any feedback on this design? @sindresorhus or @dusansimic

[sindresorhus]

Looks ok to me, but the goat should be slightly smaller. Although, I think it could look nice without any symbol too.