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I'm a little surprised by the striking similarities between Octocat and the "Octonauts" (www.octonauts.com) - a cartoon in the UK that my two kids are mad about
by frazerb 13y ago
I'm a little surprised by the striking similarities between Octocat and the "Octonauts" (www.octonauts.com) - a cartoon in the UK that my two kids are mad about.
I'm trusting that these copyright/design right concerns have been contemplated at least - not least because of the similarity in name as well as in design.
(See the google images link for a collection of octonauts: http://goo.gl/Xek21 http://goo.gl/Xek21)
- aspir 13y agoIf the Octonauts wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Octonauts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Octonauts) is correct, the show's airing was 2 years after the founding (and copyrighting of the octocat) of GitHub
- martey 13y agoThe Wikipedia page also notes that the Octonauts are based on books published in 2006, 2 years before the founding of Github. While I am not a lawyer, I do not think there is very much similarity between the two. Github's Octocat is half-octopus, half-cat. The Octonauts are 8 nautical animals (including an octopus and a cat).
- ricardobeat 13y agoNot really that similar, big heads and round ears. The artist who drew the octocat has plenty of other characters in the same style: http://www.idokungfoo.com/ http://www.idokungfoo.com/
- frazerb 13y agoAll very wise observations, folks. I feel better now. And thanks.