Re: Logo contest - `MUST be manipulated entirely in the GIMP'

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Jim Pick wrote:
> > I noticed the following restriction:
> >   The image MUST be manipulated entirely in the GIMP
                                    ^^^^^^^^
                                    !!!!!!!!

> > Now, for a GIMP contest I'm sure this is appropriate.  However, it is
> > not appropriate for the Debian logo.  If I wish to submit an entry
> > which I have produced using some other software (free or for that
> > matter not free) I should be allowed to do so.
> > 
> > Furthermore, it is unenforceable.
> 
> So what?
> 
> If it's a good logo, it can be redraw in xfig, or whatever...
> 
> If I draw a logo with pencil and paper (the best way to design a
> logo), and scan it using the Gimp, I think that ought to qualify.

I wonder what the underlined word means in this context...  If I
would be responsible for the rules and if I had to disqualify, a
scanned image would be disqualified, also an imported and rendered
png.

Regards,

	Joey

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