Hi Daniel, great work on the logos! Are we voting for our favourites now? And do people like me who are _almost_ PDL users (but never quite got round to it) get a vote too?
My favourite is the simple logo [P] -- distinctive, quite elegant and works as an icon, too. [R] or [S] could be used for large icons e.g. on the entry page of the Web site. In this case, I have a slight preference for the camel in [S], wearing the typical relaxed and satisfied smile of a PDL user. :) [U] might also work with some tweaking, but unlike [P] it isn't easily recognised by colour or shape. >> 1. It should not infringe on any existing mark. Use of a camel in >> conjunction with Perl is a protected trademark of O'Reilly. So, right >> of that bat, all images that use a camel are out. > > I disagree. First, O'Reilly is very flexible with the use of the camel > symbol in connection to Perl. Second, I doubt that they automatically > have the rights to every possible quadruped (the camel silhouette I've > used is different from the drawing in "Programming Perl"). I'm quite sure that the use of any camel would infringe O'Reilly's trademark rights -- remember how Apple was sued by Apple Records, even before they entered the music market? This kind of trademark protection is usually not about a specific design, but about a concept (such as an apple or a camel) associated with a product. So you'd probably have to get permission from O'Reilly to use a camel as part of the PDL logo, but I understand they normally don't refuse such requests (esp. from non-profit projects). No a priori argument against logos involving camels, therefore. Best, Stefan _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
