In article <98p18.3576$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trolling wrote: > I'm not kidding .. try this link while it's still up: > > http://www.mozilla.org/party/1998/mozilla.gif >
Well, let me take your posting record (rather than your handle) at face value and assume you're interested in reasonable dialogue. 1) This issue has been argued over here. A lot. People's reaction to the symbol tends to vary greatly. This may depend on how much they've been exposed to Communism in life; I can't say. 2) The people in charge of the logo are aware of this. They aren't changing the logo right now, because there are legal issues involving the distribution of the images under the MPL/GPL/LGPL conflicting with Mozilla's desire to retain control over the logo. 3) It has been intimated that the distribution of this logo in Mozilla packages may already have deprived mozilla.org of control over the logo. If this is so, the logo will have to be replaced once the licensing of the images has been settled. 4) The logo appears to have been formulated as, if anything, a mild parody of Communism, not a declaration of sympathy. (Imagine the reaction of a typical Marxist bureaucrat upon hearing the "Open Source Revolution" compared to the Communist Revolution!) -- Chris Hoess
