Yeah, it's based on the MSN butterfly logo... and what exactly do you have against the previous logo? I spent a lot of time designing it myself
. You should see the other icons I've done for my other programs....
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As for copyrights, it was important for me to remove any Microsoft copyrighted material from the software when Plus! 2.00 was released... Plus! had become very popular at that time and in this kind of situation, youi have to start considering legal matters (like other companing trying to sue you to get the Messenger Plus! name.. real story.. still not resolved
)