Patrick, > If you want to tackle materials that go along with packaging and labelling, we > really don't have much. Beyond the logo and artwork on the website and the > basic artwork for labelling DVD media, we really don't have much of anything. > For example, we have nothing for box art. The Marketing project can always > use new artwork, too. We can use presentations, brochures, hand-outs, > banners, etc. If you want specific suggestions, try the project's mailing > list. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing I took a quick look at the url you provided. Didn't see a full list of artwork we need. Is there a wiki page for that? I'm not sure you are the right person to ask or not. If not, let me know who the right person to talk to? thanks, Lisa > > I have one comment to your statement: > > > > "We do want to give distributors as > > much flexibility as possible to use different types of media and packaging > > and to prepare and decorate that packaging in a suitable manner." > > > > > > "Suitable manner" is the question. As stated on the wiki, burning to CDR > > and writing "Fedoraâ?¢ Core 5" on it with a felt tip reflects poorly on > > the project as a whole and should be discouraged. I guess my question > > could be re-stated: "What's the minimum acceptable?" or "What's > > encouraged?". Obviously you don't want to set something up where the > > Fedora project has to "approve" layouts, but what would the Fedora > > project like to see? > > > > New Trademark Guidelines are also in the works. They will more clearly define > how the Fedora logo and trademark can be used. Until they are established, > specific usage cases can be presented for consideration. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo > > Of course, we really don't want to stop the average user from burning CD-Rs > and labelling them with a Sharpie, but vendors who sell the media are > expected to produce more presentable materials. We don't have standards or > guidelines for this right now, only the requirements named by the current > trademark guidelines. Until we define something solid, we'll most likely > just establish guidelines by precedent. > > -- > Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes > nman64@xxxxxxxxx > > http://www.n-man.com/ > > Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! > http://rate.affero.net/nman64/
