Yuri, I agree that the current logo's if they are opens source, should at least be in the running.
~Michael On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:05 PM, Yuri Z wrote: > The Wave Protocol group and Fed One were open source form the beginning, and > I personally think so is the Wave Protocol logo. Google Wave uses different > logo and it seems to me it is logical to assume that this is the logo that > Google retains the copyright on not the blue W logo that is used by Wave in > a Box. > I think we should try and clear this issue with Google instead of going > ahead and changing it. > > 2011/3/21 Jérémy Naegel <jeremy....@gmail.com> > >> Hi, >> >> Since the Wave Federation Protocol is open-source from the beginning, I'm >> amazed that the Wave Protocol logo doesn't have an open-source friendly >> licence! >> How did Google expected the Federated servers to promote their >> technological affiliation without the ability to add a "powered by" Wave >> Protocol logo? >> >> Anyway, if a new Apache Wave logo has to be built from scratch, I'll be >> doing my part by passing the word to some friends gifted with design >> talents... >> >> I've been thinking about this new logo for a few days and I think that, for >> the same reasons that the "Wave" name was kept when moving to Apache >> (probably to keep alive the renown of the "Wave" brand and to avoid the new >> project to slip in limbo), it would be probably best to have a new logo that >> reminds the Wave legacy and the Wave original logo. >> >> I'm not very skilled with Photoshop but I've done two simple examples >> attached here. Even if on first look it may look quite similar to the Wave >> protocol logo, there's nothing left of it except the color. >> >> I think it's important to identify the specificities of the Wave and Wave >> Protocol logos that can be covered by its copyright : >> Of course there is the "3D depth" of it. Their is also the wave signal >> shape : it has a smaller height in the middle and the left first part of the >> shape has been put closer to the rest of the W letter. >> >> Using a standard harmonic signal shape, without any of the specificities >> listed above, shouldn't infringe the existing copyright. >> From what I've tested, a close signal is drawn with the *y=4sin(x)*function. >> >> So, what do you think of having an Apache Wave Logo recalling the original >> W logo? >> >> >> Jeremy Naegel >> wave-france.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> 2011/3/18 Paul Thomas <dt01pqt...@yahoo.com> >> >>> Yeh I was going to say that. However you can't trademark a wave shape. So >>> there >>> is nothing stopping using a wave in thier design so long as the direct >>> association is not there. >>> >>> I'd be up for a logo design comp. I could do it in inkscape as a plain >>> svg. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: Soren Lassen <so...@google.com> >>> To: wave-dev@incubator.apache.org >>> Cc: Nathanael Abbotts <nat.abbo...@gmail.com> >>> Sent: Fri, 18 March, 2011 6:38:00 >>> Subject: Re: Licence on Wave Protocol Logo >>> >>> The Apache Wave proposal >>> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WaveProposal >>> >>> states that: >>> >>> "Google retains all rights to the trademarks "GOOGLE WAVE" and the >>> wave design logo, neither of which will be used in the Apache Wave >>> project." >>> >>> We should design a new one, if we want a logo for Apache Wave. >>> >>> Soren >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Nathanael Abbotts >>> <nat.abbo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Can anyone tell me what licence has been applied to the wave protocol >>> logo? >>>> -- >>>> Nathanael Abbotts >>>> >>>> Email: nat.abbo...@gmail.com >>>> Wave: nat.abbo...@wavewatchers.org >>>> Twitter: @natabbotts (http://twitter.com/natabbotts) >>>> Web: http://natabbotts.com/ >>>> >>> >>
