Hello,
I received the following request via e-mail:
==
Could libreoffice.org join the PDF Readers campaign of FSFE, by changing
the logo of the PDF documents site-wide?
This page recommends Adobe Reader, which is a non-free software. [1]
1. http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Florian Effenberger
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I received the following request via e-mail:
>
> ==
> Could libreoffice.org join the PDF Readers campaign of FSFE, by changing the
> logo of the PDF documents site-wide?
>
AFAIK this type of icon has become somewhat pervasiv
Hello,
Robinson Tryon wrote on 2013-07-15 16:41:
AFAIK this type of icon has become somewhat pervasive as a generic
"PDF" icon (even though it does look a lot/exactly like the old Adobe
Acrobat icon :-)
I might not be sensible enough towards the Free PDF Reader topic, but I
also think that t
I recently had a discussion about this non existing issue, which is
caused by the lack of knowledge of PDF as a standard open format.
On 16/07/2013 11:33, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> I might not be sensible enough towards the Free PDF Reader topic, but I
> also think that that icon is a generic
On 16/07/2013 16:11, Robinson Tryon wrote:
> I was under the impression that the red trefoil on white was an Adobe
> icon/trademark, e.g. as displayed here:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format
The Adobe icon has the red trefoil with Adobe or Acrobat (older
versions) on it, wh
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Robinson Tryon
wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Italo Vignoli
> wrote:
>>
>> We are using the generic PDF icon, which is not referring to a vendor
>> but to a standard format. This icon was introduced with PDF in 1993 for
>> third parties integrating PD
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> On 16/07/2013 16:11, Robinson Tryon wrote:
>
>> I was under the impression that the red trefoil on white was an Adobe
>> icon/trademark, e.g. as displayed here:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format
>
> The Adobe icon has
Hi Florian, *,
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Florian Effenberger
wrote:
> ==
> Could libreoffice.org join the PDF Readers campaign of FSFE, by changing the
> logo of the PDF documents site-wide?
Italo already answered and explained the difference between document
and application already.
Bu
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> I recently had a discussion about this non existing issue, which is
> caused by the lack of knowledge of PDF as a standard open format.
>
> On 16/07/2013 11:33, Florian Effenberger wrote:
>
>> I might not be sensible enough towards the Free P
Hi,
thanks for the great feedback, everyone!
Christian Lohmaier wrote on 2013-07-16 20:40:
But I'm with Italo here: I don't see the need for changing the
document-icon. But of course I don't see a reason why the page
mentioned above should not be pointing to pdfreaders org for getting
a PDF vi
Hello,
I have requested LO join the PDF readers campaign.
The icon near the links called "PDF" to the stored PDF files on your
website is not the icon proposed by Adobe for Adobe Acrobat generated
PDFs [1]. Simply because the icon does not include the PDF word (or any
other indication of PDF)
On 17/07/2013 14:42, Tiberiu C. Turbureanu wrote:
> The problem is that by displaying an icon of Adobe Acrobat (or even an
> Adobe Acrobat generated PDF icon) near a link to a PDF document, a Free
> Software organization suggests the use of non-free software to open the
> document. This was not de
My opinion is that if LibreOffice should sport this new PDF icon it
should not start by using the tiny 16x16 icon. You can't see the change
there. It should first be introduced as a new "feature" or somehow be
blown up into megasize first, so that users can actually build a new
relationship to a pr
On 17/07/2013 14:42, Tiberiu C. Turbureanu wrote:
> This was not decided by TDF, it was decided by the developers
> of the software you use for the website.
No, it was decided by TDF, because we use standard icons for document
formats, and that IS the standard icon for PDF files (you can of cours
În 2013-07-17 16:19, Italo Vignoli a scris:
The mailing list strips attachments, but in any case we will not use
any
icon that does not represent PDF files, and this has nothing to do with
the fact that we endorse proprietary PDF readers (which is not true).
As I already stated:
The icon nea
Hi Tiberiu,
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Tiberiu C. Turbureanu wrote:
>
> I have requested LO join the PDF readers campaign.
And as indicated, we're willing to join by linking to the pdf readers
site when suggesting people to get a PDF Viewer application.
> The icon near the links called "P
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