Hi, I find it fascinating how the discussion about Smalltalk dialects happen in a Pharo mailing list :).
One thing should be clear though: Pharo has a distinct identity depicted by a clear logo. This will not change. Cheers, Tudor > On May 3, 2017, at 9:13 PM, horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I expect it to be used in exactly the same way other languages like Clojure, > Elixir, Kotlin, and Julia use theirs. Of course, whether these logos are > widely used has more to do with the languages' promotional efforts. > > As for the commercial entities, they may choose to use it or not. This > depends on their marketing approaches. Cincom doesn't have a product logo > for VisualWorks, nor does Instantiations for VA Smalltalk, but GemTalk does > for GemStone/S. It's entirely up to them. > > I think the logo can, and should, be used whenever the presentation is *not > product-specific*. > > I wonder how other languages control their copyrights. > > > > Ben Coman wrote >> I half like the idea of a Smalltalk logo, but logos are most effective >> when >> they are widely used. >> Once we have this "official" logo, how do you expect it to be used? >> Do you expect organisations to use it in their literature as part of their >> branding identity? >> Should it get equal weighting as their corporate identity? >> Will all these commercial entities feel the logo strengthens their >> position >> in solidarity, >> or dilutes their position. You know that some our community differentiate >> Pharo from Smalltalk. >> >> Also an important question to determine early on, >> how will copyright and trademark rights of the logo be controlled? >> >> cheers -ben > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/A-Logo-Proposal-for-Smalltalk-tp4945122p4945487.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com "The coherence of a trip is given by the clearness of the goal."
