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[Jeremy Bicha]

On 11 March 2013 19:32, Bastien Traverse <bastien.traverse at gmail.com> wrote:
> The idea is to keep Ubuntu's circle and GNOME's foot.

I like the idea since GNOME explicitly allows modifying the color or
background of their logo. They've objected to more aggressive merging
of logos such as the historical Debian GNOME team logo:
http://pkg-gnome.alioth.debian.org/images/gnome-debian-small-trans.png
Compare with what they use now: http://pkg-gnome.alioth.debian.org/

> About colours, I notice Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Lubuntu all departed from the
> original orange to use their DE's one. So using the black foot/circle sounds
> pretty sensible.

Using Ubuntu orange does make it fairly obvious that we're Ubuntu.
Since black is a generic color, a black circle with the GNOME logo may
not be unique enough for people to instantly recognize who the logo
belongs to.

> However, what is it with the Registered and TM signs? What a bummer! None of
> those appear on the other flavours' logo.
> https://live.gnome.org/BrandGuidelines states that :
>>
>> The trade mark symbol may be removed in a small number of situations (it
>> is not included in the GNOME Control Center System Information panel, for
>> instance).
>> Please contact the Foundation Board using the Foundation mailing list if
>> you are unsure about how to use the GNOME logo and branding. More
>> information about the use of GNOME trademarks can be found on the GNOME
>> Foundation licensing page.
>
>
> Would a slightly modified version be sufficient to remove the TM? About
> Ubuntu guidelines are here.

I think we should not include the TM and R symbols unless we are
specifically asked to include them. Even then I think there is good
reason not to include them. We can put some sort of disclaimer on the
website that Ubuntu and GNOME are trademarks of their respective
organizations.

Anyway, I'm not a design guy and I'm happy to see us use whatever you
all decide on. For 13.04, we are past UI Freeze and Final Freeze is
less than a week away so we may not be able to incorporate the logo
into this release. The logo doesn't have to be final this month; it
can be tweaked and redesigned over time.

I guess a logo is the final thing we're missing to be included in
Distrowatch for those who care about that.
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20130408

Thanks,
Jeremy