On Wed, 2009-18-03 at 10:37 +0000, Smylers wrote: > Stephen Weeks writes: > > > http://pleasedieinafire.net/~tene/logo/gimelanarchy.html > > > > The main association for me, with the reference to the anarchist > > symbol, is that we've kept going and produced something good despite > > the large sentiment of "You're taking too long, you'll never succeed, > > etc." out there. Others include the somewhat chaotic state of Perl 6 > > development at times, the loose and informal organization in Perl 6 > > development, etc. > > I see what you're getting at there, but obviously if chosen the logo > would be seen by people who're unaware of your explanation of the > analogy, and so there's a risk they'd see a more literal link with a > particular political movement. > > That could cause some awkwardness in getting Perl 6 accepted by those > with different political persuasions. Perl 6 has no political views
I thought it was a peace sign until I checked the wiki link below. Serif gimel looks like a lambda to me ... one of the script versions would be better. I don't like the logo itself ... too messy. However, I have no problem with the idea[*] and I don't think a well-designed logo should cause political problems. Licensing does the trick nicely there. [*] Except that a gimel in a circle is not really distinctive enough. > (well, outside the narrow field of programming language design, which > isn't considered a field of politics by most major parties), so it > wouldn't be beneficial to give the perception of any poliical links, > even inadvertently. > > Smylers > > > > > Just an idea. Please discuss. > > > > [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimel#Hebrew_Gimel > > [2]: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.users/2009/01/msg938.html > > [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_symbolism > -- Guy Hulbert gwhulb...@eol.ca (preferred) work: (416) 391-2051 (no voicemail) cell: (416) 738-6257 (voicemail)
