Number 3 is definitely the best. After that I like the original one.
3 is quite good, yet I'd prefer 4 as it's even more abstract, clean and resembles the 's' in spread likewise. what makes the 4 superior to 3 is the symbolism of the spreading waves that supports the 'spread'ing and distributed character. I'd go for another colour as well, that purple violet sheme sheds a bit too much of a naive esotheric flair which is certainly not the wanted outcome... and all that bevelish glowish 90ies effects are... well 90ies...

I'd go for a vivid green/black orange/black - flat shaded - version of logo 3 ... best practice: always use (as) basic (as can be) colours. see.: google colours

bonus would be 4 or 5 versions of the logo, each with another basic colour plus black (or white) as contrast/contour that could be displayed on a random basis every startup... one time the yellow/black then red/black, blue/black, etc. every other start, u get the pic.
apart from the colour 4 is almost perfect... some lighter colour, this and combined with some partial black outline to contrast wouldn't hurt either