Do the participants understand that the final logos will be owned by the ASF and not them?
Regards, Alan On May 25, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Les Hazlewood wrote: > Hi all, > > My employer has authorized me to sponsor a logo design contest on > 99designs.com for a new Apache Shiro logo: > > http://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/amazing-logo-needed-global-software-project-44769?orderby=rating > > There are 3 days remaining for submissions. Votes may continue to be > held for 7 days thereafter. > > The winner will be awarded $295.00 USD (via 99designs.com) and the > logo will be immediately donated to the ASF where it will be available > under the Apache 2.0 license. > > If you don't wish to enter the contest - and don't want a shot at some > free $ ;) - you can alternatively submit logo designs to this Jira > issue: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHIRO-171 > > Any new logo chosen will be based 100% on the Shiro community's votes. > The logo with the most votes wins! > > Les > > ----- > The reason for the contest: We have had a number of issues with the > old logo: we can't find the old .psd files to modify to meet ASF > naming requirements, and we also haven't been able to contact the > designer we've used years ago to help. Also, the existing logo was > not designed by a person with a CLA on file with the ASF, so there is > gray area as to its use now that we're a part of Apache. By hosting a > competition, the community can vote on their favorite, in classic ASF > fashion.
