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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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