Re: [q-lang-users] icon: powered by Q?

[John C. <jc...@re...>]

ww scripsit:

> | As you all know the current Q mascot is the poo-bear (sp?) on the

"Pooh-bear", please; "poo" is a juvenile English word for "faeces".

> | black board, which I found in some obscure spot on the net, I just hope
> | that I don't get sued for that. I thought it's nice. :) Any other
> | opinions on that? Other suggestions?
> 
> If the bear at the black board is Winnie, then there probably is a
> problem lurking nearby. Disney owns Winnie.

Let's not go off half-cocked here.  Disney does *not* own Winnie (or
Winnie-the-Pooh in full), thank Ghu.  Disney *licensed* Winnie from
(the estate of) A. A. Milne, who thought him up, and uses its own
visual representation of him, which they do own.

The Pooh in the Q picture is clearly not a Disney Pooh, but is derived
from the illustrations of E. H. Shepard, which were published in
the original Pooh books.  The signature as well as the subject-matter
shows that this particular drawing is not Shepard's.  Who knows whether
Shepard's estate licensed it?  I would guess not.

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