Great, thank you for taking the lead on that. Gary
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Benedikt Ritter <benerit...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll create an issue and promote the contest as soon as I have some time > for that. > > Benedikt > > Send from my mobile device > > > Am 02.08.2014 um 08:22 schrieb Duncan Jones <dun...@wortharead.com>: > > > >> On 19 July 2014 05:04, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On 7/18/14, 1:55 AM, Benedikt Ritter wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> the Apache Commons project currently does not have it's own logo! We > are > >>> simply reusing the Apache logo with the feather. I even remember a guy > from > >>> legal say, that they don't like it very much when projects reuse the > Apache > >>> feather for their logo. > >> > >> Huh? Httpd just has a feather and their name. Our current logo is > >> the feather *plus* the name with the little tm thingy. Seems > >> perfectly legit to me as a logo. > >> > >> That said, this is a do-ocracy, so anyone who wants to propose > >> something different, more power to them. > >> > >> Phil > > > > I wanted to use the logo last year [1] in an advert on Stack Overflow > > to drive more developers towards Commons projects (see [2] for the > > 2014 H2 competition). Because of the usage of the Apache Feather, > > there was debate over whether the Commons logo could be used without > > further permission. In the end I opted for safety and emailed our > > trademark folks for some input. Sadly I received none and the advert > > idea died. > > > > I would be in favour of a new logo that we can use freely. > > > > Duncan > > > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/jgs4ucfmu2orlcia > > [2] > http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/260377/open-source-advertising-sidebar-2h-2014 > > > >>> > >>> The log4j2 project did a very successful logo contest where they > collected > >>> ideas for a new logo and finally picked the best proposal [1]. > >>> > >>> How about we start our own logo contest for commons? > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Benedikt > >>> > >>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-316 > >>> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
