Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.7) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Irix Florian Weimer reported the following in Debian #441269: --- The file /usr/share/apps/kcontrol/pics/energybig.png contains the Energy Star logo. I don't think this kind of use is permitted under EPA's trademark guidelines. kcontrol display the logo in the Display section; I'm not sure if this comes from the same file, or if it's directly compiled into some binary. In the latter case, this needs to be patched as well. --- I wonder why the Energy Star logo is used there. The link is to the website's homepage, which doesn't help much with power saving configuration. Does the logo mean that the motherboard is compliant? I tested with a screen which doesn't seem to be compliant and the logo displayed anyway. So perhaps the logo should just be removed or replaced with a less confusing image?
Some links in case it helps. USPTO Trademark registration: http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75492118 Energy Star identity guidelines https://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/logos/downloads/BrandBook508r.pdf via https://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=logos.pt_guidelines
Has this issue been solved? The logo is still displayed on KDE 4.
That bug seems to be valid in kde4 too, and now the logo is also used in powerdevil. Nobody seems to be interested though...
SVN commit 965775 by cfeck: Remove "Energy Star" logo (as discussed on #kde-devel) Several reasons: * the logo had been used violating the logo guidelines * graphics was outdated (the logo is simply blue now) * I hated it from the day it appeared on my screen BUG: 149821 M +2 -0 kcontrol/energy/energy.cpp M +2 -1 kcontrol/energy/pics/CMakeLists.txt D kcontrol/energy/pics/energybig.png D kcontrol/energy/pics/lo-energy.png M +2 -0 powerdevil/kcmodule/EditPage.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=965775