[Mail-followup-to set to debian-project] On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 12:55:41AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > > > It won't happen; it would defeat the purpose of the > > > Official Use Logo.) > > > That purpose being? > > B-R-A-N-D-I-N-G. > M-E-A-N-I-N-G-L-E-S-S A logo (from the Greek logos=word) makes an observer associate it with a concept. The Merrill Lynch bull for example is supposed to evoke "bullishness" on Wall Street. A naked man in a barrel would make a bad logo for that company. So the question that should be asked is what does the Debian brand represent? To me it is high quality free software. It should be plastered over every available surface to inform the user: "This software came from Debian. Because it comes from Debian you are free to use it and modify it as you wish." From that perspective it is hypocritical for the logo itself to not be free. Now I see the discussion has moved to making the open-use logo fully free. This is a good thing. I question why the Debian bong should not also be under the same license. No identifiable purpose for it to be restricted seems to be being met IMO. It's value for brainding purposes is already compromised by it being on clothing which could be worn at proprietary vendors' training events and other situations beyond our control. It should be just a stylistic variant with no connotations of official approval IMO. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> La Salle Debain - http://www.braincells.com/debian/
