Brian Smith wrote: > I am not a committer. But, I am curious about why you don't have a "No > Logo" option or a "Wait for more submissions" option. > > Firstly, I think that they name "Derby" is a reference to racing, which > implies that the product is fast. This is a good association. However, > most entries seem to be based on that fact that "derby" *could* also > refer to a type of hat that most people have absolutely no knowledge of. > I don't see how this allusion to obscure trivia is useful to the > project. Besides that, there are already major, successful open-source > projects using hat logos (Red Hat and Fedora). Therefore, I believe that > the hat logos are all fundamentally unhelpful, regardless of their > impressive artistic merits.
I wonder if the Derby-hat is a United States' concept. I'm English but live in the US, and I think I only heard about Derby hats over here. But after living here so long, I get easily confused over what's US English and what's British English. Dan.
