This is an interesting design. Not that I do not like your logo, but I prefer the simplicity of the current logo.
--Zachary “Gamer_Z.” Yaro On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 14:12, Paul Thomas <dt01pqt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Slight correction > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Thomas <dt01pqt...@yahoo.com> > To: wave-dev@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Thu, 24 March, 2011 18:07:05 > Subject: Re: Licence on Wave Protocol Logo > > Just some ideas for a logo (open it in inkscape becuase of the > filter/effects > it won't render correctly otherwise). Tried to incorporate the feather > didn't > really work, however most Apache projects have unique logos anyway. > Probably > simple is best. > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Thomas <dt01pqt...@yahoo.com> > To: wave-dev@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Tue, 22 March, 2011 15:24:28 > Subject: Re: Licence on Wave Protocol Logo > > The protocol logo is different from google wave logo even in the > perspective/form of the wave. > > > The protocol logo is safe, however that is for the protocol not apache wave > (there is a difference despite them being lumped together atm). Hence the > dimension like lines implying it is a standard rather than a > implementation. > > > The old fed on logo is basically a monochrome of gwave. it is not safe and > also > unoriginal. > > I would say take the protocol logo lines and make something from that. > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jérémy Naegel <jeremy....@gmail.com> > To: wave-dev@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Tue, 22 March, 2011 10:30:03 > Subject: Re: Licence on Wave Protocol Logo > > Yuri, I truly hope you're right! > If that's the case I too think the Protocol logo should be kept for Apache > Wave. > > Soren, as you are a Googler, can you clarify this point? > > We all understand Google's copyright on the Google Wave's logo : > http://code.google.com/apis/wave/images/wavelogo.png > > But what about the blue protocol logo (the one with arrow and circles) > featured here : > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/11/adding-robots-to-wave-in-box.html > And what about the "shades of blue" simpler one displayed here : > http://code.google.com/p/wave-protocol/ > > Could this last one be covered by the Apache License 2.0 stated in the > Project informations? > Note that this logo is already in use on WiaB demo servers ( > http://demo.wave-in-a-box.org/static/logo.png and > http://waveinabox.net:9898/static/logo.png ) > > Thanks in advance. > > > Jeremy Naegel > wave-france.blogspot.com > > PS: it may be irrelevant now but here are the two examples (looking as > close > as possible to the Wave federation logo but based on a pure harmonic wave > signal) I talked about earlier : > http://i.imgur.com/KXVKa.png and http://i.imgur.com/mLnaN.png > > > > 2011/3/21 Michael MacFadden <michael.macfad...@gmail.com> > > > Yuri, > > > > I agree that the current logo's if they are opens source, should at least > > be in the running. > > > > ~Michael > > > > On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:05 PM, Yuri Z wrote: > > > > > The Wave Protocol group and Fed One were open source form the > beginning, > > and > > > I personally think so is the Wave Protocol logo. Google Wave uses > > different > > > logo and it seems to me it is logical to assume that this is the logo > > that > > > Google retains the copyright on not the blue W logo that is used by > Wave > > in > > > a Box. > > > I think we should try and clear this issue with Google instead of going > > > ahead and changing it. > > > > > > 2011/3/21 Jérémy Naegel <jeremy....@gmail.com> > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Since the Wave Federation Protocol is open-source from the beginning, > > I'm > > >> amazed that the Wave Protocol logo doesn't have an open-source > friendly > > >> licence! > > >> How did Google expected the Federated servers to promote their > > >> technological affiliation without the ability to add a "powered by" > Wave > > >> Protocol logo? > > >> > > >> Anyway, if a new Apache Wave logo has to be built from scratch, I'll > be > > >> doing my part by passing the word to some friends gifted with design > > >> talents... > > >> > > >> I've been thinking about this new logo for a few days and I think > that, > > for > > >> the same reasons that the "Wave" name was kept when moving to Apache > > >> (probably to keep alive the renown of the "Wave" brand and to avoid > the > > new > > >> project to slip in limbo), it would be probably best to have a new > logo > > that > > >> reminds the Wave legacy and the Wave original logo. > > >> > > >> I'm not very skilled with Photoshop but I've done two simple examples > > >> attached here. Even if on first look it may look quite similar to the > > Wave > > >> protocol logo, there's nothing left of it except the color. > > >> > > >> I think it's important to identify the specificities of the Wave and > > Wave > > >> Protocol logos that can be covered by its copyright : > > >> Of course there is the "3D depth" of it. Their is also the wave signal > > >> shape : it has a smaller height in the middle and the left first part > of > > the > > >> shape has been put closer to the rest of the W letter. > > >> > > >> Using a standard harmonic signal shape, without any of the > specificities > > >> listed above, shouldn't infringe the existing copyright. > > >> From what I've tested, a close signal is drawn with the > > *y=4sin(x)*function. > > >> > > >> So, what do you think of having an Apache Wave Logo recalling the > > original > > >> W logo? > > >> > > >> > > >> Jeremy Naegel > > >> wave-france.blogspot.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> 2011/3/18 Paul Thomas <dt01pqt...@yahoo.com> > > >> > > >>> Yeh I was going to say that. However you can't trademark a wave > shape. > > So > > >>> there > > >>> is nothing stopping using a wave in thier design so long as the > direct > > >>> association is not there. > > >>> > > >>> I'd be up for a logo design comp. I could do it in inkscape as a > plain > > >>> svg. > > >>> > > >>> ----- Original Message ---- > > >>> From: Soren Lassen <so...@google.com> > > >>> To: wave-dev@incubator.apache.org > > >>> Cc: Nathanael Abbotts <nat.abbo...@gmail.com> > > >>> Sent: Fri, 18 March, 2011 6:38:00 > > >>> Subject: Re: Licence on Wave Protocol Logo > > >>> > > >>> The Apache Wave proposal > > >>> > > >>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WaveProposal > > >>> > > >>> states that: > > >>> > > >>> "Google retains all rights to the trademarks "GOOGLE WAVE" and the > > >>> wave design logo, neither of which will be used in the Apache Wave > > >>> project." > > >>> > > >>> We should design a new one, if we want a logo for Apache Wave. > > >>> > > >>> Soren > > >>> > > >>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Nathanael Abbotts > > >>> <nat.abbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> Can anyone tell me what licence has been applied to the wave > protocol > > >>> logo? > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Nathanael Abbotts > > >>>> > > >>>> Email: nat.abbo...@gmail.com > > >>>> Wave: nat.abbo...@wavewatchers.org > > >>>> Twitter: @natabbotts (http://twitter.com/natabbotts) > > >>>> Web: http://natabbotts.com/ > > >>>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > >
