Re: [Re: A proposal for a logo]

[JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>]

> Date: 15 May 99 14:13:05 MDT
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> On Sat, 15 May 1999, JF Martinez wrote:
> 
> > What if we designed a logo for Indy?  My own idea is to associate one of the
> > universal symbols of freedom with the Linux penguin.  The following would
> not
> > be too bad if we replace the french flag with a Penguin banner.  It is a
> part
> > of "La liberte guidant le peuple" by Eugene Delacroix.  Of course you are
> free
> > to think I have a really bad taste for logos and propose your own.  :-)
> 
> Using any particular nations flag is a bad idea.  France has enimies too :).
> 

That is why I told we should replace the French flag.  I would vote
for a single color flag with a Penguin on it.  White and yellow
probably would do a mess due to this colors already being present in
Tux.  Red and green have political or religious meanings so they
should be discarded too.

-- 
			Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org