We've been found out - Greentooth in the Wild

Brian "Panda" Choi

Good job guys.  We're not a secret anymore.  Pack it up, we're done!

https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/18/18683651/polycount-logo-overwatch-spider-man-easter-egg

garcellano

Welp, the jig is up. Time to get jiggy wit up.

Blond

game journalists ruin everything.

Mark Dygert

Blond said:

game journalists ruin everything.

Yea they do... BOOO! 

After that stupid vampire lady ripped off greentooth I thought it might have to retire due to copyright conflicts or lawsuits she was threatening? Anyone remember that garbage? I don't remember how it ended...

But this... we might have to cook up another symbol. Maybe a single green triangle, an actual greentooth, lol.

another caveman

whos the rat

RaptorCWS

Mark Dygert said:

Blond said:

game journalists ruin everything.

Yea they do... BOOO! 

After that stupid vampire lady ripped off greentooth I thought it might have to retire due to copyright conflicts or lawsuits she was threatening? Anyone remember that garbage? I don't remember how it ended...

But this... we might have to cook up another symbol. Maybe a single green triangle, an actual greentooth, lol.

I don't remember this

MikeF

i think this was it https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Vladimir-Tod-Boxed-Books/dp/0142417092

thomasp

another caveman said:

whos the rat

Michael Knubben

I think the rat might have been the Kotaku article that was published ages ago

Mark Dygert

Oh yea good point. They both link back to the 2011 thread and they both shamelessly used images from that thread.

https://polycount.com/discussion/92534/greentooth-sightings-in-videogames

Amsterdam Hilton Hotel

normies don't deserve fun

Mark Dygert

Greentooth is free and open as far as I know. The actual polycount logo is trademarked. Thats the logo with the word "polycount" not greentooth.

So companies don't have to worry about polycount coming after them and artists aren't putting their companies at risk by using it.

Now if they started using the polycount (text) logo, things are different. If someone tries to trademark or copyright greentooth then there might be an issue too.

sacboi

...ah so then Greentooth is under a CC licence but the "Polycount" text logo is trademarked?

zachagreg

Rev up those spam filters and one post accounts.

Eric Chadwick

The Greentooth usage info is explained here
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Polycount:About#Using_the_Polycount_Greentooth_Logo

sacboi

^ Missed that one...cool banana's

Eric Chadwick

Also our Terms of Service, at the bottom of every page, explains how the Polycount logos are trademarked.

Greentooth usage is governed by what's on the wiki. And we make an extra effort to accommodate requests from game makers if they need clarity or waivers.

We love seeing the Greentooth in our/your games!