Previously Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > * It is a penguin (even if some think it's a chicken). A penguin is already > the Linux logo, are we only capable of plagiarism, or are we up to the task > and have an identity of our own? Heh, nobody seems to be able to spot that :) > * A penguin is submitting the wrong message in some other way, too: > The Debian GNU/Hurd port is coming along quite nicely, and although > it uses some linux driver code, it is quite different from Linux in > several aspects. Debian is the distribution with most ports, and > even non-Linux ports, too, now. Do we really want to restrict > ourselves and our image to Linux for an uncertain period of time? No, but since almost nobody seems to see the current logo is actually a penguin I didn't really worry about that. It even seemed somewhat appriopriate in that a Debian did begin as a Linux-only distribution. There is no shame in showing your roots imho. > * The logo was imposed on the developers. We now have a formalilzation of > decision making, the constitution. It should be applied to this (partly) > political decision. That's true. It's also true that most favourite `logos' were not good logos. Logo criteria are really important. > * Let's show some *taste* :) Heh, that always makes for interesting discussions. I'm quite sure you wouldn't like my taste in music, but I'm really happy with it :) > First, I don't think it would take too long. Secondly, do we really want to > rush this important issue? Letting hundreds of developers choose one logo in a multitude of submissions sounds like a time-consuming process. We would probably need a scheme to elimiate logo's, then revote, eliminate more, etc. to do it fairly. > About getting submissions: I think a Gimp contest would be appropriate, this > would lead to better contributions. Iff we decide that we want a new logo, then I agree that would be the best approach. It would also demonstrate how open we are. > Christians Logo pages failed because there was hardly any Logo among > the entries. Very true. > I don't understand "all over again". We have never voted on a logo. We did in the sense that people could choose their favourite logo on Christians page. > Why intermix these two issues? Choosing a license and choosing a logo are > completely different pair of shoes. They can be voted on seperately. Geez, it seems you have issues with everything I said. Looks like I succeeded in starting a discussion again though :). I mixed them because they are closely related: you can't have one without the other.1 Wichert. -- ============================================================================== This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/
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