FEDORA MASCOT

[Gian Paolo Mureddu]

Alex Maier escribió:
> I see my sarcasm went completely unnoticed. So here:
>
> <sarcasm weight="heavy;">
> How about a puppy wearing a blue fedora hat?
> </sarcasm>
>
> Seriously, this stuff was all discussed and -- I thougt -- resolved a
> long time ago. We have a logo, and that is it. The logo as it exists
> now should be used whenever Fedora is mentioned, not some additional
> imagery that will end up diluting the whole image.
>
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2005-June/thread.html 
>
>

Since Logos are directly related to branding, their terms of use are 
rather stiff. Instead, and I take Tux as example, a mascot gives more 
liberty to the users (as long as the terms of use say that) to use and 
modify as long as the essence is preserved. Gives the users the chance 
to do things with it, play with it (after all, that's what we humans 
have mascots in real life, and that's pretty much their definition also, 
as they're not animals to perform any specific task, but rather to keep 
us company and to play with)... I don't mind not adopting a mascot 
(though I'd prefer that) and just stick to the Logo, but I really like 
the *freedom* a mascot would bring for custom *redistributable* graphics 
and such.