PMD 7.17.0

Release date: 12-September-2025

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The following PMD Logos and Icons are licensed under CC BY 4.0:

PMD.svg - main logo source file. All other sizes/images are derived from that.
PMD.png
Logo (70px, transparent)
Logo (70px, transparent, square shape)
Logo (300px, transparent)
Logo (300px, transparent, square shape)
Logo (300px, white)
Logo (300px, white, square shape)
Logo (400x165px, white)
Logo (600px, transparent)
Logo (600px, transparent, square shape)
Logo (600px, white)
Logo (600px, white, suqare shape)

Small variants, square shaped:

This new greenish logo was introduced with PMD 7.

Before that, PMD used the following logo with the tagline “Don’t shoot the messenger”. These old logos are provided here only as reference for historical reasons and shouldn’t be used anymore.