R and Python both have their foundations, which are nonprofit entities that can own and manage all kinds of assets. Not sure how Fortran community can own things from a legal perspective.
I have opened that issue:
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Looks nice, but has two syntax errors â no END, and the second line has been word-wrapped without a continuation mark. Viewers with no exposure to Fortran may be mystified by the two asterisks, which stand for different things, but in general stand for âDo the right thing in the contextâ.
After upgrading to Kubuntu 23.04, I was surprised and pleased to see the Fortran logo in my editor (Kate):
and my file manager (KDE Dolphin):
Hum⌠it considers .mod are audio files: MOD (file format) - Wikipedia
But I pardon it, nothing is perfect.
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No one has mentioned MATLAB or Mathematica in this context. They are each supported, owned, and controlled by private, for-profit, companies, MathWorks and Wolfram Research. I listen to the local NPR radio station in my car, and I often hear MathWorks mentioned as a supporter of various news programs. NPR and Elon Musk (Twitter) are now feuding.
For people interested by the purple of the SVG logo, it is defined by:
- RGB = #734f96 = (115, 79, 150)
or - HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) = (270, 31, 45)
Please spare me the trouble of trying to understand licenses, typically made from lawyers for lawyers⌠Is it ok to use the Fortran logo as part of a logo for a library? (written in Fortran, that is.) My guess is yes, or at least itâs a grey area. However if someone has a more concrete answer, please let me know.
Yes, feel free to use it.
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As stated by @milancurcic in Oct 2021, the logo is under MIT license like the site: https://github.com/fortran-lang/webpage/tree/main/source/_static/images
For the SVG, see also: GitHub - fortran-lang/assets: Assets, artwork and graphics for fortran-lang
Note also that for the version in Wikimedia (File:Fortran logo.svg - Wikimedia Commons), there is now that comment:
This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions. See WP:PD#Fonts and typefaces or Template talk:PD-textlogo for more information.
I think that version is older and very very slightly different: the corners look a little less round. (maybe also subtil differences in the letter?)
For the future reader interested: the Fortran logo as file icon was added to Nerd Fonts - Iconic font aggregator, glyphs/icons collection, & fonts patcher
As a consequence, it can be used in capable file managers. As an example, the screen photo below shows an adjusted session in vifm:
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