Re: Request to use Emacs' logo on JetBrains' ACP page

Hey Jean,
Thank you for coming back to me!

We’ve already released the page, and I hope with the right Emacs logo 😊
Could you please double check it for me to be sure?

https://www.jetbrains.com/acp/

Kind regards,
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Tania Goral
Product Marketing Manager at JetBrains
From: Jean Louis <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, 30. March 2026 at 16:27
To: Tania Goral <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Request to use Emacs' logo on JetBrains' ACP page

* Tania Goral via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <[email protected]> [2026-03-30 07:51]:
> Dear Emacs team,
> I’m Tania, Product Marketing Manager at JetBrains.
>
> I'm currently planning to release a landing page about ACP on the
> JetBrains website (similar to Zed's page: https://zed.dev/acp), and
> I would like to mention Emacs in this list and request legal
> approval to use its logo.

That is great that you are working on ACP connections.

Yeah, the Emacs logo is copyrighted, but here's the beautiful thing:
it's under the GPL (GNU General Public License) . That means you
can basically do whatever you want with it—use it, modify it, share
it—as long as you play by the GPL rules.

You CAN:
- Use it on your website, blog, or project
- Modify colors, resize it, tweak it however you want
- Share it with friends
- Put it on t-shirts, stickers, mugs—whatever merch you want

You MUST:
- Keep it under the GPL license (version 2 or later)
- Include a copy of the GPL if you redistribute it
- Not slap a different license on it

Basically, the FSF wants everyone to have the same freedoms with the
logo that they have with Emacs itself. Pretty cool.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

Don't overthink it. The Emacs logo is free software all the way. Use
it, love it, stick it on everything. Just keep it under the GPL and
you're golden.

Happy hacking! 🐃

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Jean Louis