Meta- question: Why is this cross-posted? This is an ooo-dev topic. On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
> What is the latest thinking on the AOO logos? > > There is some great material on the wiki: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Application+Branding > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOOLogo+proposal > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Logo+Proposals I like 2.4 Orb Centric Proposal Logo #4 > > Drew did a lot of initial work here. But it is not clear to me > whether we have a final recommendation, whether the work is ongoing, > etc. > > If we have a design that is considered the one to go with, could > someone propose it as the official logo, so we can see if there are > any objections? It would be good to get some closure on this. > > Also, I'll feel a little artistic this week, after doing that timeline > ;-). So next I'd like to then take the logo design, and create two > variations that we can use to inform users about the 3.4 release. > > -- a "coming soon" webpage/blog logo that project supporters may put > on their websites. It would be linked to a page that we would host, > with FAQ's on AOO 3.4, including information on signing up for the > ooo-announce list, etc. A logo is a good idea, but I think building the content of this page is primary. That needs to be a co-operative process handled in one clear thread. > - a "get AOO" logo, also for supports to use on their own websites. > It would be linked to our download webpage on openoffice.org. Totally agree. You brought this up before. Let's see if Drew has thoughts? Regards, Dave > > The nice thing about this approach (which is used by many other > projects) is we do not need to give blanket permission for anyone to > use our main logo for any purpose. And we don't need to have them ask > permission for using our logo for these specific purposes. We provide > a special purpose logo to be used for these common things. > > -Rob
