Re: entry #2 [was: Debian Logo *Idea* Contest!]
On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:12:49AM -0600, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote:
> >>>>> Andreas Tille writes:
>
> AT> So let us define first, *what* we want to show on our logo. This
> AT> is always the first step in software related things. Wy did we
> AT> step over it??
>
> I'd like to see the black silhouette of a realistic gnu, trotting
> towards the future.
>
> Cartoonish, stylized GNUs are already taken by the FSF. I think a
> silhouette would be very elegant, easy to reproduce, and
> recognizable.
Any gnuish animal would have strong connotations to GNU. There is also the
problem of trademarking.
A gnu variation has a lot of the problems of a penguin variation.
Thanks,
Marcus
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