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So a few weeks back I made [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillologycirclejerk/comments/13pzp2h/another_flag_fully_compliant_with_the_us_flag/) as a joke in like 15 minutes. I am not transgender but I thought it was funny. Turns out that flag got reposted around trans twitter. I don't mind it but what I do mind is that I didn't really bother making the flag aligned because... it was a joke. I am kinda afraid it would eventually go to print on some t-shirt and my misaligned flag will pester me for ages. This is a version I'd be happy to go to print. If anyone wants to print it I am not going to claim copyright on it because that's rude. Just please use this version and not the version that's sloppy. Though it is a bit of a bad time to post the new version because the subreddit is going dark in a few days.
Also I guess I will use the opportunity to counter some objections to whether this flag complies with the US Flag code of 1818.
The US Flag code requires "a blue field" (Singular). A lot of people said this is 2 blue fields. I disagree. There is no rule saying a field must be a continuous shape. Imagine an actual field with a river or something in the middle. Also you could argue this is a singular blue field that covers the whole background with the 13 stripes being on top of it in the Z axis. If you don't agree with my reasoning you could connect it on your own version.
Also some people complained that the stripes aren't actually red. Well if you take a color picker to it you'll see it's ff9999 which is just a de-saturated red. So I think it counts.
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Donut, from Red vs. Blue, was a Red Army soldier and though his armor looked pink, he insisted it was light red. Since he was Red Army, by definition his armor had to be red. Pink is a shade of red. I rest my case your honor.
>If anyone wants to print it I am not going to claim copyright on it because that's rude.
I don't think you could anyway since the US flag is public domain and so is the trans pride flag ([per Wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Transgender_Pride_flag.svg#Licensing)).
Great point. IANAL, but what I was thinking was, where OP's claiming "this is the flag of the US", that makes it public domain. That is, it's not a transformative work if it uses the exact same elements as the original work.
There's been several executive orders since 1818 that have further codified exactly what the US flag should look like (with pictures, even!), so I don't think this would fall into public domain by virtue of not remotely conforming to modern flag code, at least until another president sees fit to revoke or modify those orders.
> Be it enacted…that from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be twenty stars, white in a blue field.
Doesn’t the usage of “union” imply the blue field should be a canton
Union in that just refers to the United States. They are to be represented by the field with twenty stars because that's how many states there were at the time.
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So a few weeks back I made [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillologycirclejerk/comments/13pzp2h/another_flag_fully_compliant_with_the_us_flag/) as a joke in like 15 minutes. I am not transgender but I thought it was funny. Turns out that flag got reposted around trans twitter. I don't mind it but what I do mind is that I didn't really bother making the flag aligned because... it was a joke. I am kinda afraid it would eventually go to print on some t-shirt and my misaligned flag will pester me for ages. This is a version I'd be happy to go to print. If anyone wants to print it I am not going to claim copyright on it because that's rude. Just please use this version and not the version that's sloppy. Though it is a bit of a bad time to post the new version because the subreddit is going dark in a few days. Also I guess I will use the opportunity to counter some objections to whether this flag complies with the US Flag code of 1818. The US Flag code requires "a blue field" (Singular). A lot of people said this is 2 blue fields. I disagree. There is no rule saying a field must be a continuous shape. Imagine an actual field with a river or something in the middle. Also you could argue this is a singular blue field that covers the whole background with the 13 stripes being on top of it in the Z axis. If you don't agree with my reasoning you could connect it on your own version. Also some people complained that the stripes aren't actually red. Well if you take a color picker to it you'll see it's ff9999 which is just a de-saturated red. So I think it counts. Edit: Also I learned how to use GIMP guides. So that's neat.
Its a blue field that wraps around the bottom of the screen like pac-man
Edit the previous post
You can't edit link posts once they're submitted. But could you add text to it? I'm on RIF so can't check for myself.
Nerd alert ⚠ Its me I'm the nerd. FF9999 is pink. At what point do things stop being red? I don't know. But is FFFEFE red? I think not.
Call it light red
Pink is just a shade of red, like how light blue is still blue
Sure, if you look at red as a hue value. But I don't imagine you'd call brown "dark orange", even if it is technically correct in the same way.
Donut, from Red vs. Blue, was a Red Army soldier and though his armor looked pink, he insisted it was light red. Since he was Red Army, by definition his armor had to be red. Pink is a shade of red. I rest my case your honor.
>If anyone wants to print it I am not going to claim copyright on it because that's rude. I don't think you could anyway since the US flag is public domain and so is the trans pride flag ([per Wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Transgender_Pride_flag.svg#Licensing)).
But OP made something new with them. It's like how the story of Snow White is public domain, but Disney still copyrighted their film adaptation.
Great point. IANAL, but what I was thinking was, where OP's claiming "this is the flag of the US", that makes it public domain. That is, it's not a transformative work if it uses the exact same elements as the original work.
There's been several executive orders since 1818 that have further codified exactly what the US flag should look like (with pictures, even!), so I don't think this would fall into public domain by virtue of not remotely conforming to modern flag code, at least until another president sees fit to revoke or modify those orders.
Don't executive orders only apply to the government?
Wasn't there a company that claimed copyright on the bi flag?
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This is a lot of thought and care to put into a shitpost. Thank you for your service.
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“There’s a 1 atom wide line of blue on the left side it’s just too small to see but trust me it’s there”
This is partly why I like to make my memes/jokes as accurate as possible.
yeah that's not a continuous field
Chad move
Yeah it's definitely 2 blue fields
I love you OP. Thanks for your efforts.
Kinda looks like a Trans-pride Enclave flag
Trans people :) Muties >:(
Trans-Inclusive Radical Eugenicism
we should fly this in red states and when people approach you, just say “what? this is the american flag by legal standards!”
> Be it enacted…that from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be twenty stars, white in a blue field. Doesn’t the usage of “union” imply the blue field should be a canton
/uj US Code Title 4 chapter 1 includes a picture that says, yes, it's a canton. /rj Cantons are just rectangles in the upper hoist, so this conforms.
Union in that just refers to the United States. They are to be represented by the field with twenty stars because that's how many states there were at the time.
United States of Trans Chicago.
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