Official Fedora CD/DVD Art?

[Máirín Duffy]

Patrick W. Barnes wrote:
> Our options are open.  Our 'official' selection would most likely be a 
> suggestion.  As long as we label one selection as 'official', most vendors 
> and individual distributors will use that selection, and the standardization 
> will help to give the appearance of a coherent community.  

Makes sense.

Those who cannot
> use the official artwork would still be able to use simpler labelling.  Not 
> everyone will be able to print full-color CD labels, so I don't want to 
> prevent them from producing media.

That's an important consideration I think, we should have a nice-looking b&w 
version available as well.

>>Also, I recommend not having a open vote.... I've been burned by this in
>>the past - it's a pain to control for cheating (which unfortunately
>>happens), and in the end, 'design by open committee' tends to be a lot
>>lower quality than 'design by a knowledgable few'
> 
> 
> We can discuss how wide we want to open the process.  We will need to have a 
> reasonable scope to cover all interests.  In addition to the Artwork team, we 
> should at least include the Distribution team and a small selection from the 
> Marketing team.  Having the Artwork team select the nominees will make the 
> vote a lot less painful, but closing the vote to just the Artwork team may 
> leave us with a selection that nobody wants to use.

Sounds like a good plan.

~m