(note mixed public / private lists) trademarks@ folks (Shane in particular) - have any thoughts about the point raised by Giles below? From a trademark protection perspective, is it fair to consider other wording beyond "powered by"?
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Giles Sirett <[email protected]>wrote: > Karen and I had a chat about this at collab > > As well as “powered by”, are we able to do a “proud supporters of” logo ? > > > > My logic is that many SP’s don’t want to actually say their infa is > powered by any particular software (it would be great if they did, but > being pragmatic here) however they may go for this altenrtive. > > > > Also, “powered by” limits the logo to SP’s – consultancies & SI’s aren’t > really powered by ACS > > > > This **may** be something that needs to be discussed at a trademark level > as, I guess, some folks may feel that the word “supporter” may imply a > relationship with the project > > > > Thoughts, comments, ideas ?? > > > > > > Kind Regards > > Giles > > > > D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > *From:* ilya musayev [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 17 April 2014 18:05 > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: Request: Help designing a 'powered by' logo for CloudStack > > > > I dont have AI editor, but my 2 cents: > > powered by - would probably look better lower cased, bold and a smaller in > size - but more widely spaced . Perhaps you can match the font similar to > apachecloudstack. > > another way to do this is to look at header image: > > http://www.cloudsand.com/content/ > > I just realized my image is missing word Apache, though i do have a > feather. Need to redo it. :(( maybe i'll post some samples. > > On 4/17/14, 12:44 PM, John Kinsella wrote: > > (This is a marketing/branding thing, so I’ve dropped dev@) > > > > I’m bumping this thread as I don’t think we got a final answer (I don’t > see one) > > > > Arjan - according to the .ai files on [1] the font is Avenir Std Heavy > [2], which is not an open source font and therefore I think we should > consider changing (Maybe we have to as an ASF project?). > > > > Attaching my attempt: uses “official” fonts, current colors, is readable > down to about 150px width on my screen (in branding guidelines we should > probably prescribe minimum logo size…) 3 color (you could print as 2 color > with halftones) > > > > We should provide at least 2 versions of the logo - a horizontal and > square version for various uses. I attempted a quick try at doing a > “knockout” version (black&white for 1 color printing) but the dual tones on > the monkey means that’ll take a little more time. > > > > Anyways, give me thoughts, and let’s get this one wrapped up! > > > > > > John > > 1: http://cloudstack.apache.org/trademark-guidelines.html > > 2: > http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?event=displayFont&code=AVEQ10085000 > > > > On Dec 4, 2013, at 9:41 PM, Arjan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > As a newbie on the list. What is the original font used? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 5 dec. 2013, at 00:11, Kirk Jantzer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Daan - agreed about the balance, however disagree about the monkey. I think > if the text was a layer over the cloud, it might be more balanced, like > this: http://i.imgur.com/WTNAIoG.png (not the same font or text, but the > idea) > > > Regards, > > Kirk Jantzer > http://about.me/kirkjantzer > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Daan Hoogland > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I actually don't like the cute creature in there. from a graphical > stance; it ruins the balance in the logo, hanging out on the top > right. maybe because of the form factor. maybe you can try one without > the monkey and one cut in which the centre of the picture is between > the base of the monkey tail and the start of the cloud. > > sorry to nag, > Daan > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Laszlo Hornyak > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Sending version 0.0.3: > - Complete monkey added > - "Apache" added > - Clouds more like the original logo > This also comes with some cons: > - 4 colors > - lots of text, at least compared to 0.0.1 > but if you look at it scaled down to very small, it is still readable, > > even > > the monkey is so-so. > > Just in case someone feels like experimenting, I also attached the up to > date version of my reverse engineered cloudstack monkey with cloud. > > steroidmonkey is just a bit different from the poweredbycloudstack svg, > > spot > > the difference :-) > > Your feedback is welcome! > > Thank you, > Laszlo > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Daan Hoogland > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I like, > 2. But I agree with Rbyn about the word apache. I should be in there. > I think it must even. > 1. It looks streched on my preview in finder as well > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Robyn Bergeron > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Laszlo Hornyak" <[email protected]><[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:31:11 AM > Subject: Re: Request: Help designing a 'powered by' logo for > > CloudStack > > > Hi, > > Here is my version: > - SVG format as you requested > - Only two colors, exactly the same as for the original logo. I > > prefer > > few > colors for such pictures > - Unfortunately the monkey could not make it, the whole thing needs > > to > > fit > into a very small area and the monkey would be too little detail (the > monkey is übercool anyway) > - if no monkey, then cloud > - only "powered by cloudstack", no extra text because it make make > difficult to read in such a small place > - see attached file :) > > > Hi, > > I like the cloud idea/placement. (And totally get that it's going to > > be > > hard to see the monkey in such a small space. Even though he's so > > cute.) > > > Two things - > > 1) The lettering in the word "cloudstack" looks stretched as compared > with the normal look of the font - I'm not sure if that's > > intentional, not > > intentional, something really weird in how it's rendering on my > > screen... :) > > 2) I realize the problem around "no extra text" but ... do we want to > add in the word apache? (or conversely, is there any reason why it > > shouldn't > > be added in... legal, etc)? > > -robyn > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:56 PM, David Nalley > <[email protected]><[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi folks: > > If you happen to have some graphical design talent (I have none) I > have a great opportunity for you :) > > CloudStack needs a 'powered by' logo that is easy to consume, and > > is > > also attractive. > > A couple examples of powered by logos: > > http://tomcat.apache.org/images/tomcat-power.gif > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/80899/mahout-logo-poweredby-100.png?version=1&modificationDate=1312880703000 > > https://netbeans.org/images_www/screenshots/6.0/baseIDE_ant_powered_150px.png > > > A couple of constraints: > * Please don't use the Apache feather. (we could, but lets not; it > will make life simpler) > * Please try and produce a vector format as source (this allows us > > to > > scale/etc) > * Because this will become a trademark (which is vastly different > that > copyright) - we will likely need some explicit email agreement > > around > > trademarks rights for the image. 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