This thread is meant to contain all discussions about the planned
logo competition. Please keep unrelated topics out of this
thread. To begin with, you can find my first draft of the logo
competition rules below. When you replay, please quote only the
sections you are referring to. The current draft can always be
found in CVS.
At this time, input is specifically asked for about the format
and size of the contributions and on how to maintain a web page
with submitted logos.
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Fvwm Logo Competition Rules
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*** DRAFT ***
!!!
(give a short explanation what fvwm is and why it needs a new
logo)
1. Competition Schedule
* The logo competition begins on 15th of April, 2003.
* Contributions can be made up to and including the 31st of July.
* From the 3rd of August to the 30th of August, the winning logo
will be elected by the fvwm users on the fvwm mailing list.
* The winner will be proclaimed on the 31st of August.
2. Logos
* Logos can be submitted in either XPM or PNG format. All other
formats, including .jpg and .gif are not accepted.
* The acceptable size of the logos is about between 240x150 pixels
to 360x240 pixels.
* No more than 256 colours may be used.
* Transparency should be used to shape the image.
* As the winning logo is used as a banner, it should have a good
contrast to any background.
* The submitted logos will be used at full size, scaled down to
half size, and to a height of 16 pixels.
* The submitted logos will be converted to use no more than 16
colours when packed into the fvwm distribution and should still
look good.
* A version using only black and white will also be part of the
distribution, so it must be possible to still recognize the logo
with only two colours.
* The name "fvwm" must appear in the logo, without a version
number (i.e. *not* as "fvwm2").
3. Contributing
* Everybody may participate in the competition with any number of
contributions.
* Logos can be submitted by
A. Posting the URL of the logo to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
B. Uploading the logo to ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/incoming/fvwm/
and sending a mail to inform the fvwm@fvwm.org list of the
upload.
C. Sending the logo as an *aggressively compressed* attachment,
no larger than 20kB to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Due to the possible
number of contributions, larger files are *not* acceptable.
* For our convenience, please use the subject "[logo]" when you
send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* The contributed logos will be exhibited on the logo web page:
http://!!!
in the three sizes mentioned above, with full colour and with 16
colours.
* Logos with illegal, discriminating or otherwise offensive
contents, at the discretion of the fvwm developers, will not be
accepted.
4. Copyrights and License
* The artist retains full copyright of his or her work.
* By submitting a logo to the competition, the artist accepts that
the logo is converted into XPM format (if necessary) and
distributed under the terms of the Gnu General Public License
(GPL). !!!Link to GPL.
5. Voting Rules
* In the election phase, votes are sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Everybody may vote only only once.
* You can give one or no votes for any number of logos. The voting
email should contain a list of logos for which you vote. Give a
vote for each logo you would enjoy to see as the official fvwm
logo.
* The logo with the most votes wins.
* The above voting mode is meant to determine the logo that is
accepted by the broadest range of users and not disliked strogly
by a large fraction of fvwm users.
* Although everybody may count the votes sent to the fvwm-workers
mailing list, the current standings of the election will only be
published when the polls are closed.
6. The winner
* The winning logo will be shipped with the fvwm distribution
(hopefully in 2.6.0) and used as:
- A startup banner with the FvwmBanner module at full size.
- As a banner on the fvwm web site at full or half size.
- At tiny size, rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise as a menu
side bar.
!!!prize?
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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