Shekel sign vs Ubuntu Gnome logo

Mon Dec 7 11:36:05 UTC 2015

This last subject/title was only a gag, to not discuss the origin of
logo but its appearance.
I assume that nobody has inspired in a currency sign for an Ubuntu
flavour logo, and neither 1985 nobody saw Ubuntu Gnome logo to inspire a
currency sign.

El 07/12/15 a les 12:19, Usama Akkad ha escrit:
> I do not agree with the title of this discussion. We can not accuse the
> designer for copping this logo as it's so simple and really related to
> the initials of Ubuntu Gnome.
> 
> I find the logo pretty and strong. Just hinting that it can take a
> little modification to avoid controversy. Others have noticed similarity
> to the Shekel:
> 
> https://twitter.com/xdmag/status/637951850512121856
> 
> Open source for me is like a blood I appreciate every effort for making
> it better and more attractive.
> 
> Thank you Patrik for the design.
> 
> Usama
> 
> On 07-12-2015 11:39, Narcis Garcia wrote:
>> I agree with each argument you've given.
>> It's not a closed question for me.
>>
>>
>> El 07/12/15 a les 10:31, Patrik Bubák ha escrit:
>>> It's impossible for designers to keep track of every single symbol used
>>> in known history. New symbols emerge daily, it's as easy as taking a
>>> pencil and draw on canvas to create new ones.
>>>
>>> That being said, as the author of the logo I had no idea, that Israeli's
>>> currency looks similar. Why? Why should I. Short answer: not interested
>>> in Israel. No one's obligated to know everything, to study every single
>>> symbol in mankind's history (which is impossible due to the before
>>> mentioned).
>>>
>>> Ask anyone you meet on the street do they know how many currencies are
>>> there in the world? How many will know? Much less would they know their
>>> symbols, names or values.
>>>
>>> Those who will want to criticize will do so even if there is no reason,
>>> just because it's the only thing they know and enjoy. Ask how many of
>>> those who criticize have ever achieved anything/done anything meaningful
>>> for others?
>>>
>>> A clear description/notes
>>> <https://www.behance.net/gallery/25233455/Ubuntu-GNOME> to support the
>>> idea can be found on my Behance. Sadly not all see the intended and will
>>> conjure things in their minds even after reading the manual.
>>>
>>> It's impossible to indulge everyone and that's something every designer
>>> has to live with.
>>>
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>>> Nothing ruins creativity like too many voices weighing in. We call it
>>> the /Ice Cream Principle/. Tell 10 people to go get ice cream with one
>>> condition: they all have to agree on one flavour. That flavour is going
>>> to be chocolate or vanilla every time. Groups of people don't agree on
>>> what's cool or interesting, they agree on what's easy to agree on.
>>>
>>>
>>>     -------- Original Message --------
>>>     Subject: Shekel sign copied from Ubuntu Gnome ;)
>>>     Local Time: December 7 2015 9:54 am
>>>     UTC Time: December 7 2015 8:54 am
>>>     From: informatica at actiu.net
>>>     To: ubuntu-gnome at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>
>>>     I perform many Ubuntu Gnome installations to individual and professional
>>>     end users, and I know that a part of them migrate from Windows to Ubuntu
>>>     Gnome for "political" or philosophical reasons.
>>>
>>>     Some of those people (small number) can identify this u-20aa sign, and
>>>     this will spoil the trust to GNU/Linux. I'm thinking in removing
>>>     plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-logo package when tuning preinstallations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     El 07/12/15 a les 08:53, Julien Olivier ha escrit:
>>>     > Well, being cited in conspiration theories will be a great way to
>>>     > attract new users! :)
>>>     >
>>>     > Le lundi 07 décembre 2015 à 09:12 +0200, Usama Akkad a écrit :
>>>     >> I did not wanted to be the one who bring that but it seems like the
>>>     >> new logo has the sign of the Israeli currency ₪
>>>     >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekel_sign
>>>     >>
>>>     >> I think it would be better to have less controversial logo. Though
>>>     >> that would not drive me away from using Ubuntu gnome :-)
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> On 07-12-2015 00:34, Leo Francisco wrote:
>>>     >>> New logo is looking fab (perhaps it could even do with being bigger
>>>     >>> on the splash screen).
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>> Another good point, there's massive speed increases with 3.16.
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>> Glowing review even if there is loads of typos :)
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>> Leo
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>> On 06/12/15 09:16, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
>>>     >>>> Hi,
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> Just saw this:
>>>     >>>> https://www.facebook.com/TheLinuxFoundation/posts/10153445429553547
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> Glad to see our name on the media ;)
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> --
>>>     >>>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> Best Regards,
>>>     >>>> Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> *<http://kibo.computer>http://kibo.computer* -
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>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>
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