Mat Tomaszewski wrote: > Hi, > > Quite recently some community members pointed out that the design team's > submissions have been created using proprietary software, like Flash or > Photoshop. I have a feeling that this is something that needs to be > addressed, as we're all trying to actively support free and open > software with our work. > > It is very true that we do use proprietary software (Flash and Photoshop > in particular) as well as free software (Inkscape rocks!) in our daily > work. This is largely due to the fact that most of us come from the > commercial design background and developed certain habits and workflows > – changing these requires time, and time is one of the things we really > miss :) > > Our primary goal is to make Ubuntu better. But that also means > contributing to the whole array of software that comes with Ubuntu, > including design apps. What we need is a critical mass of goodness, > which will help people like us (!) switch! I'm personally interested in > contributing to apps like GIMP or Inkscape and I'd appreciate any help > with getting in touch with the right people :) > > > Mat > > > P.S. I also think there's something strangely satisfying in beating > software companies with their own stick... (OMG, have I just recommended > using Windows!?? ;) >
Note, that this list is for *community* art. Not necessarily the art that ships w/Ubuntu. That's up to Canonical. In any event, here's the start of the previous discussion on this topic: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-April/009727.html -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art