2012/10/24 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> > Alexandro Colorado wrote: > > On 10/23/12, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >> >>> Exactly. And this means we cannot use Alexandro's SVG since it is not a >>> 100% reproduction of the bitmap by Michael Acevedo (the orb is perfectly >>> >> Who made Michael Acevedo the offical artist of AOO? If we are going to >> have a 'new' logo that automatically disqualify using MA logo >> > > Nobody made Michael Acevedo the official artist, but a mailing list vote > approved his logo as the Apache OpenOffice logo for the 3.4.x series (at > that time, we believed that the version after 3.4.x would be 4.x). So, > again: for 3.4 and all official communication in 3.4 the reference logo is > that one, and not something that is 95% similar to it or that tweaks > colors/fonts. We must be consistent. This is the reason why we cannot use > your SVG version now. > > But it is understood, as Graham wrote, that this is a temporary solution. > For future releases we are free to adopt any new logo, having a similarity > to the current one anywhere between 0% and 100%, and since we are not under > pressure at the moment we can explore possibilities for a full rebranding: > logo, site, palette, icons... If we go for a full rebranding, it is good to > make it coincident with the 4.0 release since it would be easier to > communicate and less suspicious to users. >
+1. 4.0 is the time for a full rebranding, not before. Of course we need to start with this sooner than later, but IMO it is not urgent. Regards Ricardo > > Regards, > Andrea. >
