Hi All, The committers are about to be asked to vote on the new POI logo. While the recent user logo poll was not binding (as only committer votes are binding), I expect the majority of committers may cast their vote democratically.
Unfortunately, the logo that has won the poll is controversial. Had I seen the Windows XP logo (I use Linux and sometimes w2k due to work/cross browser testing, but I always shower afterwards), I probably would have nixed this one. However, my opinion is but that of a lay person. From my understanding the foundation employs council that is available, however not being a member of the foundation, I'd like to solicit the assistance of a foundation member to bring this issue to the foundation or said legal council. I've been told that the logo is potentially a problem: a. because it looks too much like the windows xp logo b. because it employs a coffee cup (which I think is unlikely) and therefore would peeve sun too. I'd like to ask the legal reprentative to look at: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/news/images/logoRaPiGmbH8.png results: http://vote.sparklit.com/poll.spark/640946 and tell us whether this logo is likely a trademark infringement on either issue. In the event it is, we'll not submit it to the POI committers as a candidate. Thanks, Andy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
