On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Larry Shaffer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Radim Blazek <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Larry Shaffer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I am not in favour of #338 or #336 because those are too complex for >> >> logo. And then, there seems to be 3 hands on it, right? I understand >> >> that the green one is Wassermann's hand [1][2] but I wonder whose is >> >> the blue and brown? >> > >> > Hmmm. I had never heard of Wassermann's hand, so that's just a >> > coincidence. >> > The hands represent dev's and user's hands, all working on the project >> > together, but from different parts of the world and from different >> > disciplines, which are represented by three elemental colors: brown >> > (geology, landscaping, city planning, etc.), green (biology, forestry, >> > etc.), blue (hydrology, oceanography, etc.). >> >> OK, I just want to let you know that the first impression for somebody >> who has not invented the logo may be different. I see three creatures, >> Wassermann and his fellows trying to divide the Earth. >> >> This is my second impression: http://bench.qgis.cz/ms-google-qgis.jpg > > While I generally have no problems with criticism, I do take issue with > having my work parodied in a cartoon which implies plagiarism.
I beg your pardon Larry. I am sure that you were not inspired by Chrome logo. I was thinking about impression it can make on people not about the origin of the logo. Sorry again. Radim > A simple "it looks too much like Chrome's icon" would have sufficed. > > Larry > > >> >> Radim >> >> > Regards, >> > >> > Larry >> > >> >> >> >> Radim >> >> >> >> [1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassermann_(Mythologie) >> >> [2] http://www.zivli.cz/wp-content/gallery/2009/11/Vodnik-300x193.jpg >> >> >> >> > I also like the idea that money goes to one of our devs. >> >> > I agre that some refinement to #338 and #336 would help to look more >> >> > professional. >> >> > All the best, and thanks a lot for having taken the lead on this. >> >> > - -- >> >> > Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia >> >> > www.faunalia.eu >> >> > Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc >> >> > Nuovi corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.it/calendario >> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) >> >> > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >> >> > >> >> > iEYEARECAAYFAlF/qgwACgkQ/NedwLUzIr4K+gCeLg/xSwnDfj4LIuKyf7aiD3Dz >> >> > UvIAninKkhExlvlhWCNXd/Unl4/Tu6Nf >> >> > =tTpj >> >> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Qgis-developer mailing list >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
