2010/8/18 ricardo lafuente <[email protected]> > Hai, > > No one here, i guess, did or would defend that anyone in the community > would want to publish LibreGraphics-related materials shouldn't do so. Given > that so few community-generated printed materials were made so far, having a > serious effort to do something is naturally most welcome. > > I think many questions are getting tangled up in this discussion, so i'd > like to focus on one: is there any particular reason why a > LibreGraphics-related publication would have to be related to the "Libre > Graphics Magazine" project, be it as a 'special issue' or whatever else? >
Good question. In fact, the title of the thread was about the magazine... Which obviously led to discuss this bearing in mind the "magazine" paradigm... > > The reason i'm asking this is because my (personal) perception of what a > magazine is implies a sense of persistence and continuity. Exactly what I think too. > For instance, i'd say that LGMag#0 was closer to a brochure (i hate the > term, but hope you see the point) than a magazine; this was because of big > time constraints and we couldn't afford to set a master plan that would set > an identity and standard for the kind of longer-term project that a magazine > is. The materials published by the Libre Graphics community so far -- > LGMag#0 included -- have mostly been one-off pieces created by different > teams with distinct approaches and editorial decisions in mind, even if > sharing the same goals. > Yes again. > > Nevertheless, LGMag#0 was a good kickstarter for a bigger "Libre Graphics > Magazine" project which can be closer to this notion of 'magazine', and > which can aim higher. Ginger, Ana and i are already discussing among > ourselves how this could work -- and we'll post here for your consideration > once we have a structured plan that we believe in. > Can’t wait to read more about this! > > In the same vein, my thoughts on the semi-decentralised approach that was > proposed for LGMag: > > I think that the reason for the dearth of LG-related printed material so > far is not lack of authorisation/permission, but of initiative. Letting > people know that they can create their own LGMagazine is not what's going to > make someone rush to publish all of a sudden. The antidote here is, perhaps, > encouragement: we can and should encourage local initiatives to create and > publish their own Libre Graphics materials, be they magazines, brochures, > posters, and what have you, providing where possible the means to help them > do so. > I guess you have in mind that we should here provide the links to the downloadable files for the logo and a the graphic guidelines? Or would we simply let people do what they want, how they want? Somehow we’re looking for consistency? Ale was suggesting we have various artistic approaches. I am not to keen with that idea. But again, it’s arguable. > > That said, i see no reason (so far) why other such endeavours shouldn't be > 'standalone' (being nonetheless endorsed by the Libre Graphics community) > and why they should be instead attached to the LGMag project. I'd venture to > say that having many parallel efforts would simply reflect and enrich the > diversity that our community is known for -- and the reason why many of us > love it. Good. Cheers ! Louis > > > On 08/18/2010 01:55 PM, Jon Nordby wrote: > >> Ale, if you want to create a magazine issue at or for froscamp, I'd >> say go for it! >> >> While I completely agree that one should aim for periodic releases, >> the important thing is to actually create issues of the magazine and >> get them out to people! >> >> And please, do keep your ideas and thoughts coming. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >
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