On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 14:42, Michael Scherer <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, and I forgot, before doing a poll, I think we need to select logo > according to some criterias : > [...]
Could you review and complete http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=artguide with those you added? I'll have some to insert as well. > - see how trademark issue will be handled, this not decided yet, and > that's quite a sensitive topic, as you need to be permissive and > protective in the same time. Rights on artwork will have to be transmitted to the association, which will register the logo as a trademark. Precisely because that's a sensitive thing indeed. > And I am sure that experienced designers may add some others > requirements to this. There is a page about this > http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=artguide > > And once everything is cleared, if there is some logos left, then we > could proceed to a poll. > > But I think that a poll will open a lot of questions : who can express > their opinion, what guarantees will we have it to not be hijacked ( as > could doodle be ), how do we ensure a representative choice ? > Ie, if we ask on people on this list, are we sure to have a logo that > would please everyone else ? Do we want to ? Obviously a poll can be indicative, but decision in last resort will be somewhere between the founding board and the community council/board (more to come about this, very soon). Because a logo is not only a like/don't like thing and it should fit the destination of the project in the long term. Cheers, Romain
