On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 08:03 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> 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 > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > yes, I know...I am rather late to this party. > > > > I would be happy to make a proposal to adopt the first banner on > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Logo+Proposals > > > > as the "official" web logo, and actually make this change, but... > > > > where are we with the "incubating" business. Would we have this in addition > > to the current "incubating" logo which we currently have or ??? > > > > I probably have missed other discussions about the "incubating" topic. > > > > > > The incubation requirement is that we have "(incubating)" on the *page* > along with the podling disclaimer. We're not required to have > "(incubating)" in the logo. In fact, some of us have recommended that we > do not put "(incubating)" in the logo. If we can have a "clean" logo > without that, then we can use the same logo after we graduate.
well, all the artwork I've submitted and I've said this before, is setup up with layers - just open it, hide or remove the layer named 'incubating' and it's gone. > > > > > > > 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 "get AOO" logo, also for supports to use on their own websites. > > > It would be linked to our download webpage on openoffice.org. > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MzK > > > > "Women and cats will do as they please, > > and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." > > -- > > Robert Heinlein > >
