Add the Scratch Logo back into the sprite library!

D-ScratchNinja

I've seen the logo in Scratch 2.0's sprite library, but 3.0 doesn't, and I don't see a reason why. Maybe this can be added?

sportfan999

Oh yes! I would love this, especially when I am making Scratch Emulators. I wonder why it isn't in the library?

mtech22

Probably copyright issues…

BobzGamesAlt

mtech22 wrote:
Probably copyright issues…

That doesn't make any sense, if they can include the individual letters of the logo, why can't they include the whole thing?

D-ScratchNinja

mtech22 wrote:
Probably copyright issues…

Really? I almost remember a post that stated the Scratch font is made by the Scratch developers.

Last edited by D-ScratchNinja (Nov. 12, 2020 00:56:13)

BobzGamesAlt

D-ScratchNinja wrote:
mtech22 wrote:
Probably copyright issues…
Really? I heard that the Scratch font is made by the Scratch developers, I think.

The font is Black Boys on Mopeds, and was not made by Scratch

mtech22

D-ScratchNinja wrote:
mtech22 wrote:
Probably copyright issues…
Really? I heard that the Scratch font is made by the Scratch developers, I think.

It's not, actually. It belongs to someone else. It actually was in the sprite font editor at one point, but the owner came and asked for it to be taken down (I assume)

BobzGamesAlt

mtech22 wrote:
D-ScratchNinja wrote:
Really? I heard that the Scratch font is made by the Scratch developers, I think.
It's not, actually. It belongs to someone else. It actually was in the sprite font editor at one point, but the owner came and asked for it to be taken down (I assume)

I believe they used to have the rights to include it in the sprite editor, but weren't able to renew them.

Last edited by BobzGamesAlt (Nov. 12, 2020 00:55:14)

D-ScratchNinja

BobzGamesAlt wrote:
mtech22 wrote:
D-ScratchNinja wrote:
Really? I heard that the Scratch font is made by the Scratch developers, I think.
It's not, actually. It belongs to someone else. It actually was in the sprite font editor at one point, but the owner came and asked for it to be taken down (I assume)
I believe they used to have the rights to include it in the sprite editor, but weren't able to renew them.

Then why is it still in Scratch's logo?

mtech22

D-ScratchNinja wrote:
BobzGamesAlt wrote:
mtech22 wrote:
D-ScratchNinja wrote:
Really? I heard that the Scratch font is made by the Scratch developers, I think.
It's not, actually. It belongs to someone else. It actually was in the sprite font editor at one point, but the owner came and asked for it to be taken down (I assume)
I believe they used to have the rights to include it in the sprite editor, but weren't able to renew them.
Then why is it still in Scratch's logo?

Maybe they were able to buy right to use it there, but couldn't get it for the rest of the site

gosoccerboy5

https://scratch.mit.edu/images/logo_sm.png

Save the image then import it

BobzGamesAlt

gosoccerboy5 wrote:
https://scratch.mit.edu/images/logo_sm.png

Save the image then import it

That's not as high quality as an svg version would be though

Owls_8

D-ScratchNinja wrote:
I've seen the logo in Scratch 2.0's sprite library, but 3.0 doesn't, and I don't see a reason why. Maybe this can be added?

No support. You can just screenshot and edit out the logo, and the goal of Scratch is not the sprites in the library.

MyScratchedAccount

someone wrote:
Scratch Logo cannot be used outside of Scratch without permissions from the Team. The official repository which contains the GUI and the library is pen-sourced; therefore anyone can use this. Of course, all sprites would be available in the library. (In Scratch 2.0's OSS repo, there was nothing - no items - in the library.)

Because it's not something you can notice easily and can be removed easily by coding (unlike the logo at the editor's menu bar, which nobody would miss and is easy to change by passing the image to the GUI component), some modders may not notice the logo at the library and keep it, causing legal problems to the modders. They won't do the thing they did in 2.0, as Scratch as an OSS program is very popular now.

I am citing this source

Last edited by MyScratchedAccount (April 9, 2023 06:34:54)

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