On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 7:11 PM MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_star >
As I said, the essential element here is the "red" and definitely not the "star". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States Hence, we remain puzzled why you're trolling us with any sort of connection between the Groovy star logo (it's light/grey blue) and the Communist Red Star. -- Jim > > > "A red star, five-pointed and filled (★), is an important symbol that has > often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in > combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely > socialist symbol in the 21st century." > > How do you not know that *puzzled* ? > > I agree with the Groovy support, though... > mg > > > On 21/05/2020 03:54, Jim White wrote: > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:49 PM MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: > >> NEVER ? Not even a little ? Come on... >> >> Socialist/communist red star: >> >> >> > You're trolling us, right? The only thing "Communist" about that is the > red. The figure is purely a filled pentagram. > > Great to see OpenOffice getting renewed support for Groovy scripting. > > -- Jim > > >> >> >> >> >> Scale horizontally: >> >> >> >> Change fill color, add black outline: >> >> >> >> >> Add font-of-choice groovy text: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> That's why I jokingly call it the communist logo. >> I personally agree with the recent critique towards the logo looking old >> and not entirely professional, but apart from that the fact that it is >> quite wide makes it not a good fit with regards to being used as an icon: >> >> >> >> >> It also does not scale well down to small size: >> >> >> >> But it was just a suggestion, >> Cheers, >> mg >> >> >> >> On 20/05/2020 22:22, Søren Berg Glasius wrote: >> >> I have NEVER considered the Groovy logo to look like the communist star. >> As a matter of fact, I find the Groovy Star logo easily recognizable, and >> in the given case, I like it over the circled G. >> >> Best regards / Med venlig hilsen, >> Søren Berg Glasius >> >> Hedevej 1, Gl. Rye, 8680 Ry, Denmark >> Mobile: +45 40 44 91 88, Skype: sbglasius >> --- Press ESC once to quit - twice to save the changes. >> >> >> Den ons. 20. maj 2020 kl. 21.47 skrev MG <mg...@arscreat.com>: >> >>> I have added a comment suggesting considering using the Groovy >>> "icon"/Jira logo instead of the communist star one ( >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_star) G-) >>> Cheers, >>> mg >>> >>> On 20/05/2020 20:00, Carl Marcum wrote: >>> >>> I have attached the screenshots to this issue [1]. >>> Please let me know if you have any questions. >>> >>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-9564 >>> >>> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:32 AM Carl Marcum <cmar...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> >>>> Having trouble attaching the image to Jira for some reason so I'm >>>> getting with infra about it. >>>> >>>> I'll post back the issue when created. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Carl >>>> >>>> On 5/19/20 10:31 PM, Paul King wrote: >>>> > Hi Carl, >>>> > >>>> > This sounds like the kind of use of the Groovy logo that we'd like to >>>> > support. Can I ask you to create a Groovy Jira issue and attach a >>>> > screenshot. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, Paul. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:40 AM Carl Marcum <cmar...@apache.org >>>> > <mailto:cmar...@apache.org>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Hello, >>>> > >>>> > I'm wrapping up work on an Apache OpenOffice extension to add >>>> Apache >>>> > Groovy as a scripting language to OpenOffice. >>>> > >>>> > The extensions require a small thumbnail image that displays in >>>> the >>>> > Extension Manager for each installed extension beside the >>>> extension >>>> > title and description. >>>> > >>>> > I request to use the Groovy star logo for this thumbnail if >>>> > possible as >>>> > Groovy is the whole point of the extension. >>>> > >>>> > Although I'm on the AOO PMC this extension is a personal project >>>> > for the >>>> > time being and I plan on releasing it through our >>>> > extensions.openoffice.org <http://extensions.openoffice.org> site >>>> > under the Apache license. >>>> > >>>> > I can send a screenshot if you would like to see the intended >>>> usage. >>>> > I'm subscribed to dev@ or feel free to contact me directly. >>>> > >>>> > Best regards, >>>> > Carl Marcum >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
