graphics in FedoraForum

[Nicu Buculei]

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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