From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luis Felipe =?ISO-8859-1?Q?L=F3pez?= Acevedo Subject: Re: [ART] Updated SLiM theme with GuixSD logo Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:48:52 -0500 Message-ID: <1423838932.1462.20.camel@openmailbox.org> References: <1423767397.4167.5.camel@openmailbox.org> <87vbj6n4i2.fsf@mango.localdomain> <87mw4i4009.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54156) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMHYi-000526-7C for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:49:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMHYe-00086f-2N for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:49:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87mw4i4009.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Court=E8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org El vie, 13-02-2015 a las 10:46 +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s escribi=C3=B3: > Ricardo Wurmus skribis: >=20 > > - do we really want to use the abbreviation "GuixSD" (rather than the > > actual name) so prominently? In my opinion the abbreviation just > > makes it easier to refer to the system, but it's not like that's th= e > > actual name. As the focus is on offering a GNU system (which just > > happens to be called Guix System Distribution or GuixSD in ambiguou= s > > circumstances) wouldn't it be better to stay with either just the n= ew > > wildebeest logo or simply the GNU logo? >=20 > That=E2=80=99s the feeling that many of us shared several weeks ago, th= at we > shouldn=E2=80=99t do any branding other than GNU. >=20 > OTOH, it=E2=80=99s become clear that we=E2=80=99d have no support in do= ing that and no > influence over the GNU =E2=80=9Cbrand=E2=80=9D; in that sense, we would= have to spend a > lot of energy for a result that may be unsatisfying. I suspect Felipe > reached the same conclusion. >=20 Exactly. So I proposed the new logo to avoid any clash within the GNU Project. I also feel unhappy about not being able to promote this system as the GNU Operating System (because that's what I think it is). [1] [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2014-11/msg00002.htm= l