[Sugar-devel] logo dicussion

[Martin Abente]

Regardless of the separate trademark discussion, I still don't understand
why someone just decided to change the logo and merged it even though
several people asked him not to (without proper discussion, and not even
knowing if its really necessary).

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Am attaching the previous brand icon Trademark just for reference.
>>
>
> The question is more complex than whether or not OLPC received a
> trademark. Was it ever applicable to our use in Sugar? Is it still valid?
> Note that "a failure to enforce a trademark by monitoring the mark for
> misuses will result in a weakening of the mark and loss of distinctiveness,
> which can lead to a loss of the trademark." [1] Sugar Labs has been using
> xo-computer.svg and has never, as far as I know, received any notification
> that we are infringing. I don't know the answers to these questions, which
> is why I asked that our lawyer look into it.
>
> [1] https://www.justia.com/intellectual-property/trademarks/enforcement/
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-09-13 13:16 GMT-05:00 Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>:
>>
>>> Hi Alex,
>>>
>>> Yes Sugar user interface needed to urgently get rid of any Trademark at
>>> all. We can breath now :D
>>>
>>> If you don't like the feet feel free to propose a new option or a
>>> dynamic for our Community to accomplish a new one collaboratively.  I
>>> really like the cute little finger color's.
>>>
>>> See how it looks here:
>>>
>>> http://laboratoriosazucar.org/azucarizador/
>>>
>>> There is still an urgent need for 111.1 Sugar release including this
>>> change.
>>>
>>> Am not sure whether or not Sugar Labs has currently a release Manager.
>>>
>>> Maybe if we propose a "Christmas Edition" for 111.1 I'll get to inspire
>>> some heroes to help us out.
>>>
>>> It would be ideal, if we can also add some other critical features
>>> required like the elimination of the male/female initial question.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> 2017-09-13 12:06 GMT-05:00 Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com>:
>>>
>>>> On this subject, I may have missed this, but where did the (IMHO awful)
>>>> "feet" icon come from, who approved its use, and was the board involved
>>>> with the decision? It seems a fairly central branding decision.
>>>>
>>>> Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>>>> Wednesday, September 13, 2017 5:49 AM
>>>> Regarding https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-artwork/pull/96 it would
>>>> be helpful to get Tony's feedback. Can you please contact him as our
>>>> liaison to the SFC?
>>>>
>>>> regards.
>>>>
>>>> -walter
>>>>
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>>> --
>>> Laura V.
>>> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>>>
>>> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
>>> ~ L. Victoria
>>>
>>> Happy Learning!
>>> #LearningByDoing
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>>> #WeCanDoBetter
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Laura V.
>> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>>
>> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
>> ~ L. Victoria
>>
>> Happy Learning!
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