Re: Two Flyers

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:07:02PM +0300, Jussi.Mikkola@bonware.com wrote:
>
>> I think the question here is, why do you have there a picture of an
>> elephant? Would a nice mouse be fine too?
>>
>> If the purpose of the picture is to be a logo, then it would be best to
>> use the logo that is associated with what ever is the topic.
>>
>> The idea is, that when the user sees that logo, he knows, that this is
>> the same company, software, or what ever. Seeing another kind of logo
>> also means, that this is something else. Maybe a pirate copy of the
>> original??
>
> Maybe, but I have seen many different penguins (althought the one from
> the (Marc or Larry?) Ewing guy is still the most common), and whenever I
> see one I know it's about Linux.
>
> So maybe people should not be picky about exactly which elephant is
> there ...
>
> Maybe open source/free software just has a different attitude towards
> logos.  Maybe it's just me.

If its being "sold" as an "official document", the proper logo should be
used ... if its being "sold" as a "company document", then sure, choose
your own logo ...

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