It doesn't matter if it is exact or not. It is a problem that people may think it looks line a swastika.
Certain places in Europe, for example Austria and Germany, are far more sensitive in those regards, for obvious historical reasons. You really don't want to be associated even remotely with those kinds of things. Even if the similarity isn't sufficient to land you in jail, it will lead to weird looks, social ostracism, loss of business and jobs, hostile behaviour, and increased attention by the authorities.
If you never want to do business or live in central Europe, fine, ignore all that. I know that the rest of the world is more relaxed. But just as USian sensitivities sometimes induce a heated discussion about why a visible nipple isn't actually harmful, this is one of those topics from the European perspective.
I did not see it either until it was pointed out. I probably would not make the connection again if I saw the logo after a reasonable gap of time. Projects are brought down or are less than they could be other wise because logo choice or name choice though so this case is hard for me to immediately brush it off without doing research/survey/etc, (edit) mostly because I am not familiar with the area.
Akshully to be a swastika it would have to have four-way rotational symmetry, which this kinda looks like but isn't. The Sun logo is a swastika: https://dogemicrosystems.ca/pub/Sun/media/logos/Sun-Microsys...
I am also fine with calling things swastikas in a non-judgemental purely-heraldic way. Being a swastika doesn't mean something should be compared unfavorably to that swastika lol <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Swastikas_in_her...>
It doesn't matter if it is exact or not. It is a problem that people may think it looks line a swastika.
Certain places in Europe, for example Austria and Germany, are far more sensitive in those regards, for obvious historical reasons. You really don't want to be associated even remotely with those kinds of things. Even if the similarity isn't sufficient to land you in jail, it will lead to weird looks, social ostracism, loss of business and jobs, hostile behaviour, and increased attention by the authorities.
If you never want to do business or live in central Europe, fine, ignore all that. I know that the rest of the world is more relaxed. But just as USian sensitivities sometimes induce a heated discussion about why a visible nipple isn't actually harmful, this is one of those topics from the European perspective.
That is not even close to what I thought when I saw the logo.
I did not see it either until it was pointed out. I probably would not make the connection again if I saw the logo after a reasonable gap of time. Projects are brought down or are less than they could be other wise because logo choice or name choice though so this case is hard for me to immediately brush it off without doing research/survey/etc, (edit) mostly because I am not familiar with the area.
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