Jérémy, Thanks so much for this, there's nothing like a logo to get people excited about something being "real".
Here's a link to an earlier hack that I put together based on a logo that appeared on Google's Open Source weblog. It would be nice to get some Apache attribution into the design somehow also, but if the issue is being able to keep it within one range of color-tones, then the open-source blue color may not be ideal. http://goo.gl/N4UQj Best Regards, John Blossom President Shore Communications Inc. where content, technology and people meet. (Salesmark of Shore Communications Inc.) web: shore.com blog: contentblogger.com book: contentnation.com email: [email protected] phone: 203.293.8511 fax: 203.663.8259 facebook: John Blossom skype: jblossom twitter: jblossom wave: [email protected] On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Jérémy Naegel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Since the Wave Federation Protocol is open-source from the beginning, I'm > amazed that the Wave Protocol logo doesn't have an open-source friendly > licence! > How did Google expected the Federated servers to promote their > technological affiliation without the ability to add a "powered by" Wave > Protocol logo? > > Anyway, if a new Apache Wave logo has to be built from scratch, I'll be > doing my part by passing the word to some friends gifted with design > talents... > > I've been thinking about this new logo for a few days and I think that, for > the same reasons that the "Wave" name was kept when moving to Apache > (probably to keep alive the renown of the "Wave" brand and to avoid the new > project to slip in limbo), it would be probably best to have a new logo that > reminds the Wave legacy and the Wave original logo. > > I'm not very skilled with Photoshop but I've done two simple examples > attached here. Even if on first look it may look quite similar to the Wave > protocol logo, there's nothing left of it except the color. > > I think it's important to identify the specificities of the Wave and Wave > Protocol logos that can be covered by its copyright : > Of course there is the "3D depth" of it. Their is also the wave signal > shape : it has a smaller height in the middle and the left first part of the > shape has been put closer to the rest of the W letter. > > Using a standard harmonic signal shape, without any of the specificities > listed above, shouldn't infringe the existing copyright. > From what I've tested, a close signal is drawn with the *y=4sin(x)*function. > > So, what do you think of having an Apache Wave Logo recalling the original > W logo? > > > Jeremy Naegel > wave-france.blogspot.com > > > > 2011/3/18 Paul Thomas <[email protected]> > >> Yeh I was going to say that. However you can't trademark a wave shape. So >> there >> is nothing stopping using a wave in thier design so long as the direct >> association is not there. >> >> I'd be up for a logo design comp. I could do it in inkscape as a plain >> svg. >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Soren Lassen <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Nathanael Abbotts <[email protected]> >> Sent: Fri, 18 March, 2011 6:38:00 >> Subject: Re: Licence on Wave Protocol Logo >> >> The Apache Wave proposal >> >> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WaveProposal >> >> states that: >> >> "Google retains all rights to the trademarks "GOOGLE WAVE" and the >> wave design logo, neither of which will be used in the Apache Wave >> project." >> >> We should design a new one, if we want a logo for Apache Wave. >> >> Soren >> >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Nathanael Abbotts >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Can anyone tell me what licence has been applied to the wave protocol >> logo? >> > -- >> > Nathanael Abbotts >> > >> > Email: [email protected] >> > Wave: [email protected] >> > Twitter: @natabbotts (http://twitter.com/natabbotts) >> > Web: http://natabbotts.com/ >> > >> > -- > Join the discussion inside the New Groups interface : > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wave-watchers >
