Re: [libreoffice-design] The Start Center artwork

Hello Stefan,


2011/12/11 Stefan Knorr (Astron) <heinzlesspam@googlemail.com>

> Hi Charles, Alex,
>
> the good news is, it isn't too late for 3.5 until we get to RC1 –
> there are some relevant Steering Call notes here I think, but I don't
> have them at hand right now.


If it's possible then let's do it, yes, but I think we should not worry if
it only gets in for the 3.6.


> The other thing is, for something this high-profile, a review+ from
> Christoph is probably in order.

yup, put him in cc.


> Then, there's the licensing question... Alex, you (apparently) used
> the folder icon from Ubuntu's human theme and modified its hue for one
> of the folder images. That in itself is great (we are an open-source
> project after all), but I assume that the source image you took is not
> available under LGPL3+/MPL (which we require for new inclusions in
> LibO) [1]. I haven't checked the license, though; so if it's made
> available under another license, that might make my concerns
> irrelevant.
>
> So, I just spend some time editing your Open File icon ... learned a
> bit about Inkscape and then when I was finished I also learned that
> there's a Tango theme in the public domain [2], they are not the most
> attractive Tango icons, but anyway, it made me feel like I had spent
> this morning rather pointlessly. Anyway, the result from my edits in
> your Open File image is here:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Openfile.svg
> It is not perfect (there are some jagged edges etc.), but given that I
> am not the most talented artist, I think it is okay. One thing I
> noticed is that in the PD Tango icons, there is always a little
> document coming out of the folder. Maybe this should be added.
>
> I will try myself at the triangular puzzle piece next. Let's see.
>
> In any case, it would be wonderful, Alex, if you could make single SVG
> files at the right size for each of your icons. Please also add a
> shadow to them. The workflow is explained quite well here:
>
> http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/how-to-create-a-vector-light-bulb-icon-with-inkscape/

good catch Alex, thank you a lot for your help!

best,
Charles.


> .
>
> Regards,
>
> Astron.
>
>
> [1] I know, we do include a PNG version of this same icon in LibO, but
> I still don't think you can just use the differently licensed SVG
> version for these purposes.
> [2]
> http://web.archive.org/web/20090321201509/http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library
>
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