Whoa it's wild that it was commissioned by a company as a way to improve staff morale after a series of mergers and acquisitions. Imagine being worried about your job in an era when job hopping was not common, & you get a smiley face pin from management.
Imagine if this was copyrighted, now imagine a million things even more trivial than this were copyrighted. That is the current state of affairs with copyrights and patents in tech
It is copyrighted lol. That's why you don't see that specific design much anymore. I was sure I read somewhere that the design was in copyright hell, which is why it isn't used anymore. Looks like I'm wrong.
Edit: actually, after looking more into this guy, the design is public domain. He made a whopping $45 off the design while others have made millions.
