[mrtg] Re: removing logo

[Tobias Oetiker]

Today Brander, Eric wrote:

>
> If Tobi felt so strongly about it, then why did he provide the NOBANNER
> option?  I use the NOBANNER option in all my configs, but I do give credit
> to Tobi and MRTG elsewhere in the site.  Its just not needed to have that
> banner on every page.  Maybe he just wants a clean looking graph to show his
> bosses.. what do they need to know about MRTG?  Besides, this is not a list
> on ethics discussion, its for peer support on the product.
>
> BTW, no editing of the MRTG script is needed to remove all reference to it.
> So not only did you reply with useless info, it wasn't even correct useless
> info.

Folks,

What counts for me is the intention. If you want to edit the look
of the pages and put the credit in another place on the page or
your site, this is fine with me ...

If you just remove the credit this is not so fine (ethicaly)

cheers
tobi
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	David Gabler [mailto:dgabler at TRUELINK.com]
> Sent:	Monday, December 16, 2002 12:46 PM
> To:	'Joel'; mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject:	[mrtg] Re: removing logo
>
>
> Joel,
>
> What you are asking to do is not _ethically_ right.  No arguing about it.
>
> Yes this is an opensource product and you _can_ edit the code to remove the
> image/email.  However by removing the logo/email you are removing any
> recognition Toby/MRTG might get from your product.  I would suggest using
> another graphing product to generate graphs if you do not want the
> "clutter".
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel [mailto:joelsolanki at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 8:16 PM
> To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject: [mrtg] removing logo
>
>
>
> Hi friends,
> I have configured mrtg and is working fine.
> But i want to remove mrtg logo and email address from
> the downmost part of the graph.
> By default it is there u all know that.
> So can somebody tell me how can i remove the logo and
> email from the graph so that my graph looks very
> simple.??
>
> any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
>
> Joel.
>
>
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