"Chris Hoess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... | 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
I remember ( years ago ) when I first noticed the similarity between Mozilla logos and graphics with red Communism regalia and I remember the disappointment. Someone said to me that they weren't really such and I took it at face value. But really they were. More recently, today actually, I became a bit incensed. Even though you act the apologist and there may well be perfectly understandable explanations, I think the Mozilla crew should find a new set of logos and graphics. The red Communist 'look' is just too offensive, even insulting. I've tried out just about every one of the Mozilla milestones with enthusiam, but my conscience got me today and I will no longer do so until that 'look' is removed. Trolling
