On 08/02/2010 02:57 PM, Klaatu wrote: >> The second reason is more pragmatic. As it is, we find unauthorized >> uses fairly commonly. People create their own design files for the >> trademarks, but they can often be recognized because of the errors made >> in creating the imitation. Using a freely available font will make it >> easier for copyists to create a more exact representation of our logo, >> which we don't want. The current font is a bit of sand in the engine >> that helps us protect the uniqueness of our mark. > > This might be a purely academic point.. I understand not wanting to > go re-doing all the branding of Fedora and swapping out the font used > in the logo. I think having a new official font that is > similar-but-free is a great work-around. > > BUT... the idea that keeping a logo "proprietary" will help prevent > its falsification..? This sounds quite strange to me in that it is > directly contrary to the theory behind Free Software. My non-lawyer mind has comprehension difficulties here: we the the logo in GPL/CC-BY-SA source files still protected by trademark. Can't say if this is a conflict or not. > Besides, I don't think it's true. Whether I have to find a download > of Bryant2 on fr33f0nts.ru or navigate the Fedora wiki for comfortaa, > it feels like the same amount of effort to me, and they both result in > what is probably going to be a poorly-done imitation of a well-known > brand without any real indication of official backing. The key is to > make sure we are teaching Fedora users to be discerning about who and > what they trust on the big scary internets. If someone is looking to recreate the logo from text + bubble drawing then he's doing it wrong, is so much easy to extract it as vectors from some source files... -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
