From eaf2a0840c2d0e4ae280401bb84ccb07b89f987c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Frank Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:04:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs (#3717) - Added information re: design components - Added license info to "self hosting" section --- docs/design/branding.md | 4 ++-- docs/self-hosting.md | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/design/branding.md b/docs/design/branding.md index 277926710..4d68e476a 100644 --- a/docs/design/branding.md +++ b/docs/design/branding.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Imagine a developer's face with the DEV heading above them. If we existed in the - We have a minimal approach to importing dependencies, so few if any custom fonts on-site for that reason. - Refer to the `variables.css` [file in our main repo](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/blob/master/app/assets/stylesheets/variables.scss) to reference commonly-used colors and fonts. -## Acknowledgments +## Design License Info - We use the [Joystick](http://www.pixelsagas.com/?download=joystick) font by Neale Davidson and [Pixel Sagas](http://www.pixelsagas.com/) for the DEV Logo. We have a commercial license. -- Thank you to [EmojiOne](https://www.emojione.com/) for providing free emoji icons. +- We use [EmojiOne](https://www.emojione.com/) icons from JoyPixels. We have a commercial license. diff --git a/docs/self-hosting.md b/docs/self-hosting.md index 4a668004f..2fd421ffe 100644 --- a/docs/self-hosting.md +++ b/docs/self-hosting.md @@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ This page is designed to serve as a FAQ and a checklist of considerations that a ### Current Limitations -- Many aspects of the app are hardcoded. For instance: logos, certain elements of content, etc. If you were to host the current version of the app, you would be inadvertently impersonating the core DEV project. - We do not currently have a versioning system that will allow us to share fixes and improvements with modified versions of the code. +### License Restrictions + +- Certain aspects of the app are currently hardcoded. For instance: logos, certain elements of content, etc. If you were to host the current version of the app, you would be inadvertently impersonating the core dev.to project. +- DEV has commercial licenses for certain design components as described in our [Design License Info](https://docs.dev.to/design/branding/#design-license-info) section. These licenses are specific to the dev.to project, and may not extend to self-hosted versions. + ### I want to stand up my own entity using the DEV codebase, how can I help? - You can help us generalize the code, removing DEV-specific language and images and replacing them with environment variables or database tables as appropriate