Debian logos

Although Debian can be obtained for free and will always remain that way, events such as the problem with the ownership of the term “Linux” have shown that Debian needs to protect its property from any use which could hurt its reputation.

Debian has decided to create two logos: one logo is for official Debian use; the other logo falls under an open use type license.


Debian Open Use Logo

Debian Open Use Logo License

The logo without “Debian” is released under the following common free software license.

Copyright (c) 1999 Software in the Public Interest

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

The logo with “Debian” is released under the following license, due to ongoing concerns about trademarks.

Copyright (c) 1999 Software in the Public Interest
This logo or a modified version may be used by anyone to refer to the Debian project, but does not indicate endorsement by the project.

Note: we would appreciate that you make the image a link to http://www.debian.org/ if you use it on a web page.

With ``Debian'' Without ``Debian''
JPEG 100x123 - 8k JPEG 101x124 - 8k
PNG 100x123 - 2k PNG 101x124 - 2k
JPEG 75x92 - 6k JPEG 75x92 - 5k
PNG 75x92 - 1k PNG 75x92 - 1k
JPEG 50x61 - 4k JPEG 50x61 - 4k
PNG 50x61 - 1k PNG 50x61 - 1k
JPEG 25x30 - 2k JPEG 25x30 - 2k
PNG 25x30 - 1k PNG 25x30 - 1k
Gimp - 83k Gimp - 64k
SVG - 11k SVG - 7k
Encapsulated PostScript - 11k Encapsulated PostScript - 7k
PDF - 5k PDF - 3k

Debian Official Use Logo

Debian Official Use Logo License

Copyright (c) 1999 Software in the Public Interest

  1. This logo may only be used if:
    • the product it is used for is made using a documented procedure as published on www.debian.org (for example official CD-creation), or
    • official approval is given by Debian for its use in this purpose
  2. May be used if an official part of debian (decided using the rules in I) is part of the complete product, if it is made clear that only this part is officially approved
  3. We reserve the right to revoke a license for a product

Permission has been given to use the official logo on clothing (shirts, hats, etc) as long as they are made by a Debian developer and not sold for profit.

With ``Debian'' Without ``Debian''
JPEG 100x221 - 8k JPEG 100x193 - 7k
JPEG 75x165 - 7k JPEG 75x144 - 6k
JPEG 50x110 - 4k JPEG 50x96 - 3k
JPEG 25x55 - 3k JPEG 25x48 - 2k
Gimp - 77k Gimp - 60k
SVG - 8k SVG - 6k
Encapsulated PostScript - 8k Encapsulated PostScript - 6k
PDF - 13k PDF - 6k

Other promotional images

[Debian GNU/Linux] This is the first button made for the Project. The license of this logo is equivalent to the Open Use logo license. This logo was created by Craig Small.

Here are some more buttons that have been made for Debian:
[Powered by Debian](XCF)   [Powered by Debian]   [Powered by Debian]   [Powered by Debian]   [Powered by Debian GNU/Linux]   [Debian powered]   [Debian powered]   [Debian] (mini button)   [Debian powered]  

You can get more nice images from sites like:

GNU/art
GNU/art
volkany's Debian graphics
volkany's Debian graphics

T-shirt art from LinuxTag 99.

If you'd like to help advertize Debian on the web, you can use our banners.