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Re: Nasa Phoenix Mars Lander logo similar to firefox logo?

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Originally Posted by dlavery
Or... you might conclude it was the other way around.

Firefox was selected as the browser name by The Mozilla Foundation in February 2004. It is reasonable to assume that the Firefox logo did not exist until shortly prior to the selection of "Firefox" as the name of the product. The Phoenix mission was proposed to NASA in 2002. Peter Smith's original proposal to NASA included the Phoenix logo on the cover.

-dave
If I recall properly, the Phoenix logo was similar to the Firefox logo. Anyways, some of the best designs include inspirations from others. There is nothing wrong with being inspired by someone else's artistic work as long as it isn't a rip-off.
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