Where did you find "communist imagery in the logo"?
http://nginx.org/nginx.gif
Old one was better, IMO. "Communist imagery" had some style.
That one from "wiki.nginx.org" is made by Cliff Wells, creator of the wiki: http://www.enemyofthestatement.com/page/view/about
btw, it's funny, @maratd who wrote "Placing communist imagery in the logo isn't amusing" doesn't even imagine that it actually was done by US citizen.
Perform a simple whois on nginx.org and you will see that Igor Sysoev is the registrant.
That logo appears on his website over which he has complete control, even now.
I was always taught to assume the best about people.
I will assume that you are correct, that another gentleman who is either ignorant or has a poor sense of humor created and used the logo. I will assume that Mr. Sysoev is far too nice to tell Mr. Wells to take it down.
I retract what I previously said.
EDIT:
I have read the comment which you posted below, in Russian. Mr. Sysoev said that he didn't make it and doesn't like it, for the same reasons I gave earlier. It seems he is too nice to tell the gentleman to take it down.
I apologize for what I said.