Absolutely! The old logos for GNU and the FSF have their charm, but something more modern would be great.
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Ramana Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear LibrePlanet > > I hope this is a useful place to begin this discussion! > I recently read "Free Software, Free Society", which I found essentially > by accident (via Wikipedia's page about RMS). > Shortly after reading it I switched to a free OS (Parabola GNU/Linux), > donated to the FSF (I'm in the process of joining), and joined this list. > > Now, I've been using GNU/Linux for at least 8 years, and I vaguely knew > about the GNU project and the philosophy of free software, but I don't > think I really understood it until now. I suspect there are a lot of people > like me who use "Linux" and have either never heard of GNU, or have vaguely > heard of it but don't know how it relates to them. GNU is old; the 30 year > anniversary is approaching. More recently, I've been struck by the success > of the "Spread Firefox" campaign, and the wide adoption of Ubuntu. So I've > had this idea begin forming in my mind: why don't we launch GNU anew, and > spread the ideals of freedom in a more modern context? > > I don't think we would need much technically new. Existing systems like > gNewSense are probably not far away from being as technically appealing as > the hugely popular Ubuntu. The issue is marketing and image. I feel we need > a new figurehead (or none at all): RMS does great work, but perhaps people > learn too quickly to ignore him. And a powerful community-driven campaign > to spread the ideals of free software. If such a campaign already exists, > why hadn't I heard about it before? > > If we start now, perhaps we can be ready in 2013 to not (just) celebrate > GNU's 30 year anniversary, but to launch a new brand of freedom under whose > banner to promote the ideals and successes of those 30 years of work. > > What do you think? > > Ramana > -- ☮ ♥ Ⓐ .danny This email is: [ ] bloggable [ x ] shareable with consent [ ] lethal if repeated or forwarded [𝄽#] The Silent Number - http://thesilentnumber.me/ µBlog: http://identi.ca/dpic voice: +1.617.340.3661 -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es
