[libreoffice-marketing] Re: GNU PDF logo..

Le 16/05/13 04:06 AM, Italo Vignoli a écrit :
> On 05/16/2013 02:47 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
>
> > Although I am one who whole heartedly defends and promotes opensource
> > software, I would be more inclined to use the Adobe logo as we are
> > producing files in the Adobe reader format. It has more recognized value
> > for our users. When the GNU project reaches the break point where they
> > have taken over the iconic value of the Adobe logo, then we could change.
>
> PDF is an open standard (ISO 32000) based on PostScript, and therefore
> on Adobe patents and technologies. The PDF icon, without the Adobe name
> on it, is representative of the file format, and cannot be replaced by
> any other icon.
>
> The GNU PDF icon is representative of a project, and it cannot be used
> to represent the file format (it represents open libraries capable of
> supporting the PDF file format, because the original libraries are Adobe
> proprietary, although free to use).
>
> So, we will not use another icon to represent the file format, because
> any other icon does not represent the file format. We might use GNU PDF
> icon if we make use of the GNU PDF libraries (which I do not think it is
> true, because our PDF implementation goes back to 2002, when the GNU PDF
> project did not exist, so we use our own free libraries, but here I
> might be wrong).
>
> FSF John SUllivan, who knows software and understands file formats, has
> never asked us to use the GNU PDF icon, because he knows that it would
> be a major mistake.
>
> I hope this clarifies the issue.

Thanks Italo. All sensible information.

Cheers,

Marc

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