On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:27:11 +0900 Michele Calgaro michele.calgaro@yahoo.it wrote:
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On 12/22/2014 09:37 AM, Alexandre wrote:
Hi,
Some months ago, a discussion about finding a new mascot for TDE has bee going on. Recently, I bought an HP 620lx palmtop (er, Handheld PC, for non-Psion users) and I installed Jornada Linux Mobility Edition, available at jlime.com
I thought that a modified version of their logo could be interesting as a TDE mascot, but I am not sure about the legal aspect of it. Also, what is you opinion on it? I made a quick mockup of what it could be.
Have a great Christmas time!
-Alexandre
Personally I support the idea of a new KDE-unrelated mascot for TDE. I know E. doesn't, so it is a matter of opinions. I guess we would at least need to see what Tim and Slavek (and possibly other users) think.
I'm cautiously in favour of a change, actually--Konqui is definitely a branding problem. Plus, I haven't been able to get a clear picture of his trademark status from available documents, so he might be a legal problem (even though none of the KDE people have called us on it yet).
As for what mascot, although the tux_tde_gradient.png looks nice, I would prefer an "original" mascot, something designed by us, not something made up from another distro/DE. Otherwise we would just move from a KDE-related mascot to another project-related mascot.
Agree on this. We'd just be opening ourselves up to the same problems that already exist with Konqui.
E. Liddell