# Modification of Julia logos, logo usage

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modification-of-julia-logos-logo-usage/8611>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [January 26, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modification-of-julia-logos-logo-usage/8611 "2018-01-26T12:46:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ksimon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ksimon/32/2843_2.png) [@ksimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ksimon)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modification-of-julia-logos-logo-usage/8611/1 "2018-01-26T12:46:32Z")

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Dear community,

I am about to write a Julia package (for research, not commercial) and was thinking about slightly modifying one of Julia’s logos for this (the three dots). I would like to publish the package for the Julia community to use.

My question(s): Who owns the right? Can I just use them without especially referencing anyone if the package is published under the MIT license and freely available for the community (think about the Documenter.jl [logo](https://juliadocs.github.io/Documenter.jl/latest/))?

Thanks in advance,  
Konrad

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modification-of-julia-logos-logo-usage/8611/2 "2018-01-26T12:58:23Z")

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There was some prior discussion here: [Redirecting to Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/julia-users/logo/julia-users/fXSAGytsSVY/FKkop4GeLFYJ) but it doesn’t actually answer your question of whether you can modify it.

But I’m pretty sure you can use a clearly modified version. Most “serious” package have them.

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**Author:** ![Datseris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/datseris/32/13406_2.png) [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modification-of-julia-logos-logo-usage/8611/3 "2018-01-26T13:01:50Z")

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In short, almost everybody uses a modified version. [Julia organization logos](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-organization-logos/2063)

I also used something similar for [JuliaDynamics](https://github.com/JuliaDynamics) although it was produced by a computer and not a modification of the logo.

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**Author:** ![ksimon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ksimon/32/2843_2.png) [@ksimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ksimon)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modification-of-julia-logos-logo-usage/8611/4 "2018-01-26T13:59:42Z")

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Thanks, just wanted to make sure no ones rights are touched…