graphics in FedoraForum
Nicu Buculei
nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Mon Feb 26 13:09:12 UTC 2007
John Baer wrote:
>
> Encourage the use of open source products in the creation of art.
>
> Objective 2.1
>
> The art team will investigate the re-design of the Fedora forum gallery
> to include a method of image branding such as “made with inkscape”,
> “crafted with gimp”. The effort could also consider targeted subsections
> for alternative artwork for icons, RHGB, GDM, KDE, and splash screens.
If with this you understand adding tis kind of branding as graphic
elements to the images I strongly oppose. If we are talking about tags,
labels, keywords or even saying in the text description "made with",
then I am all for it (note: fedoraforum.org does not have support for
such tags, one could use only the description).
> As I look toward the talented artists who submit images to the Fedora
> gallery I considered why they were not a part of the mix. IMO the team
> failed to deliver on the open source value of “inclusion – all are
> welcomed, encourage others to join”.
I have a strong objection also for the wallpaper gallery from
fedoraforum.org [1], I have contributed in the past graphics to it but:
- it lack some features, like the tags I talked about above or RSS feeds
or even sorting into categories;
- there are also licensing and copyright issues (just have a quick look
at it).
Do not understand me wrong, I enjoy a NSFW graphic (and fortunately, the
place where I work does not even have such a policy), I like anime and
anime wallpapers, I like sometime a cheap shot at Microsoft and I am for
free exchange of information...
[1] - http://www.fedoraforum.org/gallery/browseimages.php?c=2
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nicu
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