On 2023-12-11 11:32, Patrick Fitzgerald wrote:
To my mind, this is all about the difference between "asking for permission vs asking for forgiveness".
Linux has thrived, in part, because people have acted first and asked for forgiveness later.
Personally I think the current logos are fine, but if the community feels that they want to change them, let them come up with alternatives that be submitted to Suse as suggestions. Suse have every right to refuse the submissions, but who knows, someone out there might come out with the perfect logo.
On the other hand, I think that money is better spent on events and infrastructure than trademark lawyers... but having enough for both would be even better ;)
I think something as important to the project as its legal identity is too risky to be playing fast and loose with. Permission absolutely should be found rather than seeking forgiveness over a topic of this magnitude. And we have 8000+ votes now for something SUSE will totally have the right to ignore..that would be a waste of a lot of peoples efforts, which I think is more valuable than any amount of money...but that's the path we've found ourselves on with things being pushed first and only considered later. -- Richard Brown Distributions Architect SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Frankenstraße 146, D-90461 Nuremberg, Germany (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) Managing Directors/Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich