Branding
Helia as a proper noun is referred to as "Helia" with a capital H.
Helia (HEE-lee-ah) is the Latin spelling of Ἡλιη -- in Greek mythology, one of the Heliades: the daughters of the sun god Helios. When their brother Phaethon died trying to drive the sun chariot across the sky, their tears of mourning fell to earth as amber, which is yellow (sort of), and so is JavaScript. They were then turned into poplar trees and, well, JavaScript is quite popular.
In Oct–Dec 2022, PL EngRes IP Stewards sought community input for the name of this project. After considering 20 suggestions and holding a couple of polls, the name Helia was chosen. Here's why "ipfs" is not in the name.
One is welcome to use the Helia logos/name in their own projects, put it on their readmes, etc. without consent of the project maintainers.
Various links related to Helia's branding:
- Google drive folder with various assets including logos, fonts, and slide templates
- Brand sheet (This is likely only visible to people with Protocol Labs Figma access - happy to share with others but this is manual - please ask maintainers.)
- https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/helia-css
