Le mercredi 29 septembre 2010 à 11:13 +0200, Marcello Anni a écrit : > i > think also that we should make a poll to choose the logo and the pay-off.
Oh, and I forgot, before doing a poll, I think we need to select logo according to some criterias : - suitability in black and white ( for printed papers ), in grey shade ( again, printing related ) - be sure there isn't too much color ( expensive for tshirt and so on ) - have it in svg, for obvious reasons - have the creator ready to grant rights it to the foundation under a free license - see how trademark issue will be handled, this not decided yet, and that's quite a sensitive topic, as you need to be permissive and protective in the same time. - be sure the logo is not too similar to another one ( we really want to avoid the issue of Mandrakesoft ), but on the other hand, do not be too paranoid about it ( ie, most objects have been likely used at one time or another in some fields ) - be original ( ie, while I have nothing against pingouin, I think that this doesn't help to be different ) - be sure the logo scale correctly at small level ie the size of a favicon ( 32*32 ) - be sure that it is colorblind friendly ( if possible, as we tend to forget people who suffer from this ) - be sure it goes well with the manifesto ( that is not finished to be redacted as this is a important document ) - must be readable at various scale, if there is text - use a free font if there is text ( a free to use font at least, but I think we really should favor free font ) - be sure the logo will not be too obviously embarrassing later ( like http://forums.macgeneration.com/la-terrasse/tgv-escargot-117336.html the upper one being the logo for french fast rails, the 2nd one looking like a snail if we turn it on 180° ), but that one can be quite hard to find. And I am sure that experienced designers may add some others requirements to this. There is a page about this http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=artguide And once everything is cleared, if there is some logos left, then we could proceed to a poll. But I think that a poll will open a lot of questions : who can express their opinion, what guarantees will we have it to not be hijacked ( as could doodle be ), how do we ensure a representative choice ? Ie, if we ask on people on this list, are we sure to have a logo that would please everyone else ? Do we want to ? -- Michael Scherer
