License and Attribution of the NixOS Logo?

[hwhsu1231]

Hello, NixOS Team,

I'm the author of the @localizethedocs organization, which focuses on creating localization projects for open-source project documentation. For example:

• localizethedocs/cmake-docs-l10n
• localizethedocs/conan-docs-l10n
• localizethedocs/ros2-docs-l10n
• and more.

Currently, the nix-dev-docs-l10n project is in the incubation phase. To place the NixOS logo at the top of the README, I need to upload the logo to the static repository and then access it via jsDelivr. Here is the SVG logo I found:

https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/blob/c4c366160ec65f78155a68b74f4ad3a6f1f08852/source/_static/img/nix.svg

Although I found some helpful information on the following websites:

• https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-logo-branding-updates/
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NixOS_logo.svg

I would like to confirm the license and required attribution for the logo with the NixOS Team directly.

[Mic92]

This repo is under the creative commons license: https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/blob/master/LICENSE.md

[hwhsu1231]

Hello, @Mic92

If the NixOS logo is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, then how about the following attribution?

[Mic92]

You are right, it's CC-BY: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/tree/master/logo#license

[hwhsu1231]

If the NixOS logo is licensed under CC BY 4.0, then how about the following attribution?

[hwhsu1231]

@Mic92

[Mic92]

@Mic92

https://releases.nixos.org/nix-dev/2016-October/021876.html

Here it says CC-BY, this source seems authoritive to me.

[djacu]

Hi @hwhsu1231

There have been updates to the branding as you found the blog posts. Here is some updated information.

Here is a link to the latest logo.
https://brand.nixos.org/logos/nixos-logo-default-gradient-black-regular-horizontal-recommended.svg

Here is a link to the latest logomark.
https://brand.nixos.org/logos/nixos-logomark-default-gradient-recommended.svg

There is a PR to add license and attribution information to the NixOS/branding repository.
NixOS/branding#29

You can see the updated attribution information on these lines of the README.
https://github.com/NixOS/branding/blob/3bad3a312f2cf2f4e69b3f23d50b6d610dd0e052/README.md?plain=1#L161-L166

Please let me know if you have any questions or need any clarification.

---

@Mic92 feel free to ping me or the Marketing Team regarding branding in the future. :)
If you did, sorry I missed it!

[hwhsu1231]

Hello, @djacu

Thanks for your clarification! Based on the attribution information you provided, how about the following form?

Code:

<tr>
  <td><code>mark/nixos.svg</code></td>
  <td><img src="mark/nixos.svg" alt="nixos" width="100"/></td>
  <td><a href="https://brand.nixos.org/logos/nixos-logomark-default-gradient-recommended.svg">Link</a></td>
  <td>"NixOS Logo" by <a href="https://github.com/simon-frankau">Simon Frankau</a>, <a href="https://github.com/timbertson">Tim Cuthbertson</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/djacu">Daniel Baker</a> (maintained by the <a href="https://nixos.org/community/teams/marketing/">NixOS Marketing Team</a>), from <a href="https://github.com/NixOS/branding">nixos/branding</a>, licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>.</td>
</tr>

Preview:

[djacu]

@hwhsu1231
Looks good!