On Monday, November 08, 2010 17:17:49 todd rme wrote: > I am not sure the proper place for this. A user on the KDE Forum > brought it to our attention that Sony is using the Air wallpaper for > production photos on their laptops. See here: > > http://www.dabs.com/products/sony-vaio-e-series-eb3j0e-wi-core-i3-370m-2-4g > hz-4gb-320gb-15-5--windows-7-home-premium-64bit-laptop-766T.html > > I am not sure what the license is on the wallpaper, or if Sony got > proper permission, or if anyone even cares (or might even like it), > but I thought I should bring it to your attention just in case there > is something that should be done about it. > > Original forum thread: > http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=91306
>From a marketing perspective this is just positive, btw. It helps brand recognition, the paraphrased version is: - people see Air wallpaper on dabs.com - when people see Plasma with this wallpaper, it's vaguely familiar - familiar things bear more trust than unfamiliar things (even if subconscious) - People will choose KDE over something that's visually totally new - Profit. On top of that, Nuno (the original creator) is cool with this usage, so I'd say: Don't mind. :) It would have been more appropriate to have KDE / Plasma / Oxygen on the Z- Series though, which is much nicer hardware. :P -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
