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Dear SvenV, |
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i think gentoo foundation's current name/logo guidelines need some |
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modifications to apply. |
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note: when v r moving on de road we can see lot of caps,t-shirts,etc... |
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named with "Nike" name, so why gentoo? i think its a good advertising method |
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us to promote Gentoo among others...(this is my opinieon). |
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On 11/6/05, Matteo 'Peach' Pescarin <peach@××××××××.it> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 21:47:11 +0100 |
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> Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote: |
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> > The current name/logo guidelines don't seem to allow much use of the |
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> Gentoo |
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> > "g" logo. The main idea here is to only allow use of the Gentoo "g" logo |
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> for |
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> > Gentoo stuff. |
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> Thank you Sven for the quick answer, |
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> but this is not the first time I hear this problem. All We want to do - as |
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> Gentoo Channel Italia - is cooperating with the Gentoo Foundation. |
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> What me and deadhead forgot to say in the previous mails is that the money |
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> gained from the t-shirts sold has been used to cover the printing costs, |
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> while the remaining has always been donated to the Foundation. I don't think |
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> this is much different from the use that makes Gentoo Store. |
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> I do think that if Gentoo Foundation doesen't allow such a use of the |
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> gentoo logo, harms itself in a way, just because the only thing a "gentooer" |
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> wants to buy is Gentoo-related things, and in my opinion something with a |
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> °G° on it is "gentoo stuff" as you said. Indirectly this seems to mean that |
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> we are not "Gentoo related". This is nothing but merchandising. |
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> So what do we need? A Certificate that states we are allowed to sell |
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> Gentoo stuff? I'm really disappointed by this situation and I want to |
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> underline what you wrote: |
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> > The Foundation does need to fine-tune the entire idea about the logo |
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> though, |
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> > either broadening the use of the logo, or having a community-logo, or |
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> it seems like the Foundation doesen't want to cooperate world-wide with |
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> all who wants to help it. This makes things really hard. |
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> I must repeat that no money involved in our merchandising stuff has been |
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> used for other things than printing and donating to the Foundation. |
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> We want to get involved. As I said in my previous mail, I'd be really |
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> proud of letting my posters be selled on gentoo store, but it seems like a |
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> someone else's problem. |
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> I hope this will not end it here and that the Foundation will be |
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> interested in solving it. |
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> Best regards, |
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> Matteo 'Peach' Pescarin |
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THERUWAN SARANAY! |
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- widyachacra - |