+1 to Chris A. On the larger issue of conforming with branding guidelines, I'm in complete agreement that this is important short-term work for the project; I'm happy to take the lead. I've mocked up of a site refresh that should be fully compliant with the guidelines (appropriate linking, copyright notices, etc), and plan to improve and share that sometime next week -- I thought it was better to focus on pushing through one thing at a time.
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Chris Aniszczyk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (398J) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Dave, > > > > This is an important one so wanted to follow up here on the dev > > list (CC to [email protected] so it will go to JIRA too). > > > > The logo for Apache Mesos needs to conform to the branding > > requirements, here: > > > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs > > > The only thing about the branding requirements is that there exists a "TM" > near the logo... that's it > > *Logos And Graphics > > Logos are important to recognize as trademarks as well. For the project's > official logo (if it has one, and especially if it uses the ASF feather), > ensure that it includes a small "TM" symbol in the graphic or immediately > adjacent to it. For pages that include the project logo on them, ensure you > mention "... and the Project logo are trademarks..." in the attribution. > > Projects may may choose to use the Apache feather in their logo if they > wish, but if they do so they should contact trademarks@ to determine the > best format of the feather to use. In the near future we plan to have much > simpler versions of the feather to incorporate if desired, including > various sizes and colors.* > > but if you look at other Apache projects... no one does this... Hadoop... > Pig... Shrio... etc... I think we'll be OK. I think it's really important > to choose the best logo for the project and then worry about the details. > > -- > Cheers, > > Chris Aniszczyk | Open Source | Twitter, Inc. > @cra | +1 512 961 6719 >
