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UPDATE: If you have an old Raging RINO logo, you should take it down. If you don’t know why, read this post and you’ll find out.

There’s no hurry, so if you let it sit over the weekend, there won’t be a problem. Commissar has asked the potential aggrieved parties for guidance, and as yet has not received a reply.

What would you say to a logo contest, or a vote from among several logos?

If you want to see some examples, along with the original backstory to this problem, read the extended entry.

I spent the early afternoon seeking a solution to this problem, wherein a (particularly nasty) commenter on another site noted that the logo I made for the Raging RINO community bore a striking resemblance to the logo for a 3D program I have never seen nor heard of before today.

I didn’t want or intend to step on anyone’s toes. The fact remained, though, that I needed a solution to this problem – a logo we can all use without fear of legal reprisal or of “gotchas” from people with nothing better to do.

Here are my solutions:

The rhino photo is taken from this stock photo at stock.xchng; and, according to the site’s terms of service, is free for any use.

The flag photo which overlays the rhino’s face is taken from this stock photo, which is also from stock.xchng and released under the same terms.

The fonts in the photo are called Serpico and Dirty Baker’s Dozen, downloaded from 1001fonts.com and are both freeware fonts.

The software I used to create them is called the GIMP, which is open-source.

The logos are available in a variety of sizes; and if you’d like the originals to modify and/or create custom sizes, you can have them too — they are included in tarballs, which you can download here (let’s hold off on the downloads for a while — we’re RINOs, it’s not like we’re gonna crack your heads if your logo isn’t EXACTLY the same)

The mistake I apparently made when I made the first logo was not being careful about what I downloaded from where. I won’t be making that mistake twice.

Again, apologies to all who were confused, inconvenienced, or otherwise caused any annoyance by this. And a special thanks go to the Commissar for his help.

UPDATE: The Commissar writes to inform me that all RINOs should instead switch to these logos from the old ones. He and I will both keep all manner of sizes on hand, you have only to ask us.

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