On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:48:25AM +0200, Damir Perisa wrote:
Tuesday 16 October 2007, Dan McGee wrote: | On 10/15/07, Damir Perisa <damir.perisa@solnet.ch> wrote: | > Monday 15 October 2007, Simo Leone wrote: | > | Quick comment. We have lots of graphic artsy type people in | > | the community. Like the guy that started the new logo thread | > | on the bbs, he appears to possibly work in the field and | > | knows what he's doing. | > | | > | It's probably best to let the contest just be whatever, even | > | bad artists/non-pros may have some great ideas. But in the | > | end we should let someone who knows what they're doing polish | > | it up and stuff. | > | > i have slight experience in public relations and corporate | > identity things... but not as a professional. | > | > the problem is that with this, you actually degrade the original | > author and just take his/her idea to the pro to polish it up. | > hmm... who is then the author of the final product? | | If we are an open source software distro, then surely we can have | a strings-free logo as well. Its not that the original design is | bad and that the original author can't help do the rest of the | renditions, but surely we should honor submissions from anyone | that looks to improve the winning logo into something that we can | use across the board. | | -Dan
i know ... but tell this author that his work is not good enough and that somebody else has to change it for us to be.
I'm not worried about this. -1 Jason