Hi Ivan, :-) On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 18:00, Ivan M. <[email protected]> wrote: > ... repeated one-time > contributions are unsustainable and damaging, and that was kind of the > norm in OOo's Art project. Contributions that introduce large > inconsistencies in branding are particularly problematic and > unhelpful. <snip> > I hope we can have a collaborative, co-operative and > iterative design process when it comes to defining LibreOffice's > branding. IMO, anyone coming in to contribute artwork needs to keep > that in mind.
I understand your concerns. My humble contention is that TDF needs someone/some people with heavyweight artistic flair to produce some really outstanding artwork that sets TDF/LibO apart from the crowd right from the first release of LibO, and that establishes the project's new identity. Of course, it would be perfect if the artist(s) were to become permanent member(s) of the project. But, frequently, established and successful talents shy away from FOSS projects like LibO (because of things like the endless, circular, dogmatic and unproductive discussions on mailing lists, etc. -- the recent choice-of-CMS debate was a typical example). It would be useful to have a comprehensive shopping list of what artwork the project initially needs. As long as the source files are handed over with the necessary rights, perhaps permanent TDF members could handle the subsequent derivations and development themselves. And maybe the original artist(s) would be willing to do further work in the future if the process was facilitated by someone with some Gimp/Photoshop expertise doing liaison? 0.2 cents. :-) David Nelson -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
