On Maw, 2005-03-08 at 18:13, Rob Adams wrote: > notably the "Java Desktop Environment" (I mean, honestly, what the hell > is that?), but Red Hat's desktop is also a major offender. Perhaps if > we asked nicely.
How about a [insert long string of obscenities] trademark policy that is sane. > The thing I would also like very much to see if a standard "foot" menu > used by the distros. Turning it into a hat is a major usability problem > for people moving from gnome installation to gnome installation. The gnome foundation shot itself in the feet, no more it systematically hacked its own feet off with a butter knife and somehow managed to ignore all the people saying "gee doesnt that hurt" because of the trademark mess > The GPL gives anyone to right to remove the gnome branding of course, > but it still annoys me very much when companies take a free software > project, rebrand it, then ship it. Often the only trace of the original They are pretty much forced to, ask the foundation to sort their mess out. > brand is hidden in about dialogs, and sometimes not even then. Changing > the splashscreen is one thing (though including a gnome logo in distro > splashscreens isn't a lot to ask), It is. It needs a legal opinion, a trademark agreement that nobody sane would consider signing and other hassle. Its *easier* to draw a new one. Hell its easier to to draw the new one even if you edit the xpm file in vi There is huge pressure to create vendor-brand but the foundation trademark fiasco caused most of what you are complaining about. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
