Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-09 Thread Bernhard Dippold
By the way, for all of you subscribed to d...@marketing: Did you read about the funding request for Florian and my travel to Hamburg [1]? If you think this trip is worthwhile spending OOo marketing money, please vote for it (if you didn't already). Community support is important for such

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-08 Thread Ivan M
Hi Brian, Nik, Bernhard, all, On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Brian Coale coale.br...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone! Nice to see so much discussion over this, it really shows that this is an active community and that you care about what you are doing here. That's a definite positive for me.

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-08 Thread Nikash V. SINGH
Hi *, Ivan, as usual you're the rational and collected counter to my inadvertently abrupt and hot-headed ramblings. One thing I should mention straight off the bat, the legal issues; way out of my area of expertise. I mention them because they are a possibility, but to what extent, I really

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-07 Thread Nikash V. SINGH
Hi Brian, Dennis, Art! Dennis Smolek desopo...@gmail.com wrote; I agree that the two are similar but I think thats just a coincidence. Equal is constatly changing their packaging, and in most cases doesnt use the multicolored orbs to represent anything. Especially in their most common

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-07 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1/7/2010 7:31 AM, Nikash V. SINGH wrote: The similarities are FAR too coincidental, and unintentional or not, this issue needs to be addressed otherwise it could lead to legal issues, or more pressing from my point of view, it would compromise

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-07 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi Steven, Nik, all, Steven Shelton schrieb: On 1/7/2010 7:31 AM, Nikash V. SINGH wrote: The similarities are FAR too coincidental, and unintentional or not, this issue needs to be addressed otherwise it could lead to legal issues, or more pressing from my point of view, it would compromise

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-07 Thread Dennis Smolek
To all, I would re-examine when EQUAL started using this motif and branding image. Equal isnt generally kept up with in standard design blogs so I cant really find the date of the change. But I have seen plenty of equal boxes that DONOT use this design or standard. I think it may be a bit of

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-07 Thread Brian Coale
Hey everyone! Nice to see so much discussion over this, it really shows that this is an active community and that you care about what you are doing here. That's a definite positive for me. On 1/7/2010 4:24 PM, Dennis Smolek wrote: To all, I would re-examine when EQUAL started using this

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-04 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi Brian, all, sorry for responding late, but the family deserves more time these days... Brian Coale schrieb: Ok, don't hate me for this, no - never ;-) but am I the only one who's noticed that the OOo3 splash screen, web buttons, and other materials using that same theme are strikingly

Re: [art] OpenOffice.org Identity a little close to that of Coffee Sweetener?

2010-01-02 Thread Dennis Smolek
I agree that the two are similar but I think thats just a coincidence. Equal is constatly changing their packaging, and in most cases doesnt use the multicolored orbs to represent anything. Especially in their most common venue, that of restaurant sugar caddies. -Dennis On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at