Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 17:07:11 -0400 From: Tomas Quintero <tomasq@gmail.com> To: Fafa Hafiz Krantz <fteg@london.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want a logo competition? Do it properly. Message-ID: <9e46c99e050506140757082176@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050506102422.A309C4BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20050506102422.A309C4BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com>
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On 5/6/05, Fafa Hafiz Krantz <fteg@london.com> wrote: >=20 > Hey! >=20 > I believe that the FreeBSD Project -- representing an open and > democratic rule and not a totalitarian power -- should allow its > users to decide what logo would be best suited. Hence, it would > be in the best interest for the future of this project to put > all logo submissions up for public display. This display should > be complimented by a voting system. >=20 > It is very important to get things right from the start. Look at > the NetBSD Project and their new logo for instance. The public > expressed great discontent about it, but only after the logo had > sunken deep into the cycles of production and the mentalities > of its contributors. >=20 > Even though designers do this for free (and I am sure most act > out of their love for the system and not because of the reward), > the framework of their profession should still apply. That is, a > contract protecting their rights from malicious intentions. >=20 > The FreeBSD Project should acknowledge that the elected designer > is entitled some say in the redesign of FreeBSD's website. Its > coders would most likely not know the first thing about design, > and hence compromise FreeBSD's image and its potential as > conceived by the designer. If the website design also should be > staged as a competition, it would be in the best interest of the > project to let the identity designer cooperate with the website > designer on the final outcome. >=20 > We all want what is best for FreeBSD. > Having said that, there should be no reason to fight over this. >=20 > A working design contract in need of modification: > http://www.aiga.org/resources/Content/1/4/6/documents/AIGA_contract.pdf >=20 > -- >=20 > Fafa Hafiz Krantz > Research Designer @ http://www.bleed.no > Enlightened @ http://www.home.no/barbershop/smart/sharon.pdf http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dfreebsd-questions&m=3D111537599232346&w= =3D2 I would refer you to this address Fafa, prior to posting on the lists continually. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=3D111537605900001&r=3D1&w=3D2 Perhaps that one, for the entire story. --=20 -Tomas Quintero
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