Indeed!

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California_Lone_Star_Flag_1836.svg 
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California_Lone_Star_Flag_1836.svg>

:)

> On 21 May 2020, at 3:54, Jim White <james.paul.wh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:49 PM MG <mg...@arscreat.com 
> <mailto:mg...@arscreat.com>> wrote:
> NEVER ? Not even a little ? Come on...
> 
> Socialist/communist red star:
> 
> <cbgnpjejpaanpadf.png>
> 
> You're trolling us, right?  The only thing "Communist" about that is the red. 
>  The figure is purely a filled pentagram.
> 
> Great to see OpenOffice getting renewed support for Groovy scripting.
> 
> -- Jim
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Scale horizontally:
> <ogfolohcpkhomgbp.png>
> 
> 
> Change fill color, add black outline:
> 
> <dhbapleellmmpflb.png>
> 
> 
> Add font-of-choice groovy text:
> 
> <mochanaaglpknahg.png>
> 
> <cmgmoohcmmogiejp.png>
> 
> 
> 
> <lfajfocefpojgkkn.png>
> 
> 
> 
> <bcidlgnjdjbpflja.png>
> 
> 
> 
> That's why I jokingly call it the communist logo. 
> I personally agree with the recent critique towards the logo looking old and 
> not entirely professional, but apart from that the fact that it is quite wide 
> makes it not a good fit with regards to being used as an icon:
> 
> 
> <ikcadfipnbmpnokg.png><nilfejibfldkefhh.png>
> 
> It also does not scale well down to small size:
> 
> <jcnaagllpmmklbpo.png><mehdjlkjfnjhcboh.png>
> 
> But it was just a suggestion,
> Cheers,
> mg
> 
> 
> 
> On 20/05/2020 22:22, Søren Berg Glasius wrote:
>> I have NEVER considered the Groovy logo to look like the communist star. As 
>> a matter of fact, I find the Groovy Star logo easily recognizable, and in 
>> the given case, I like it over the circled G.
>> 
>> Best regards / Med venlig hilsen,
>> Søren Berg Glasius
>> 
>> Hedevej 1, Gl. Rye, 8680 Ry, Denmark
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>> 
>> Den ons. 20. maj 2020 kl. 21.47 skrev MG <mg...@arscreat.com 
>> <mailto:mg...@arscreat.com>>:
>> I have added a comment suggesting considering using the Groovy "icon"/Jira 
>> logo instead of the communist star one 
>> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_star 
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_star>) G-)
>> Cheers,
>> mg
>> 
>> On 20/05/2020 20:00, Carl Marcum wrote:
>>> I have attached the screenshots to this issue [1].
>>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>>> 
>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-9564 
>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-9564>
>>> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:32 AM Carl Marcum <cmar...@apache.org 
>>> <mailto:cmar...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>> Hi Paul,
>>> 
>>> Having trouble attaching the image to Jira for some reason so I'm 
>>> getting with infra about it.
>>> 
>>> I'll post back the issue when created.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Carl
>>> 
>>> On 5/19/20 10:31 PM, Paul King wrote:
>>> > Hi Carl,
>>> >
>>> > This sounds like the kind of use of the Groovy logo that we'd like to 
>>> > support. Can I ask you to create a Groovy Jira issue and attach a 
>>> > screenshot.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks, Paul.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:40 AM Carl Marcum <cmar...@apache.org 
>>> > <mailto:cmar...@apache.org> 
>>> > <mailto:cmar...@apache.org <mailto:cmar...@apache.org>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >     Hello,
>>> >
>>> >     I'm wrapping up work on an Apache OpenOffice extension to add Apache
>>> >     Groovy as a scripting language to OpenOffice.
>>> >
>>> >     The extensions require a small thumbnail image that displays in the
>>> >     Extension Manager for each installed extension beside the extension
>>> >     title and description.
>>> >
>>> >     I request to use the Groovy star logo for this thumbnail if
>>> >     possible as
>>> >     Groovy is the whole point of the extension.
>>> >
>>> >     Although I'm on the AOO PMC this extension is a personal project
>>> >     for the
>>> >     time being and I plan on releasing it through our
>>> >     extensions.openoffice.org <http://extensions.openoffice.org/> 
>>> > <http://extensions.openoffice.org <http://extensions.openoffice.org/>> 
>>> > site
>>> >     under the Apache license.
>>> >
>>> >     I can send a screenshot if you would like to see the intended usage.
>>> >     I'm subscribed to dev@ or feel free to contact me directly.
>>> >
>>> >     Best regards,
>>> >     Carl Marcum
>>> >
>>> 
>> 
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