Agreed. What he actually didn't know was that there was a 15k euro fine and a five-year prison sentence.

Fear not! Apparently, they cleverly avoided that by disabling comments for that story when they published it.

Not really; the XOrg logo is clearly designed in two parts, with a break between the two sections. It's absolutely reminiscent of it, though, just different enough that you can't really call it a copy.