On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Benedikt Ritter <benerit...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > Send from my mobile device > > > Am 06.12.2013 um 18:11 schrieb sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > > > >> On 6 December 2013 14:11, Duncan Jones <djo...@cantab.net> wrote: > >>> On 6 December 2013 12:51, Benedikt Ritter <benerit...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> 2013/12/6 Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> > >>> > >>>> Hi. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:26:57 +0000, Duncan Jones wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi everyone, > >>>>> > >>>>> Stack Overflow allows open source projects to create a free advert to > >>>>> encourage participation in their project. > >>>> > >>>> This is certainly worth exploring. > >>> > >>> > >>> If you're willing to do this, go for it! > >> > >> > >> Here's an effort I knocked up just now: http://imgur.com/eTyqln6 > >> > >> Any thoughts? Not sure how we should sell ourselves... > > > > That logo is for the ASF, not Commons. > > I don't think that it is permissible to use the logo in that way. > > Well, it's the logo we use on the top left side on commons.apache.org. > I'd ask Legal for their opinion on this. > > > > > I think this should be run past Trademarks and/or Press. > Love the idea Duncan :) On the logo - if Commons can't use its logo without having to ask Trademarks/Press/Legal each time, then my non-binding opinion is that Commons needs a different logo. It's should be the Commons logo, not the ASF as a whole. If the feather + 'Commons' isn't enough to make it a Commons logo, Commons needs to dump the feather. This might, however, be highlighting that Commons brand is primarily the ASF's brand, unlike many other Apache projects :) Hen
