Re: [libreoffice-website] Request for PDF icon in Silverstripe

Hello,

I have requested LO join the PDF readers campaign.

The icon near the links called "PDF" to the stored PDF files on your 
website is not the icon proposed by Adobe for Adobe Acrobat generated 
PDFs [1]. Simply because the icon does not include the PDF word (or any 
other indication of PDF). That icon is the Adobe  Acrobat icon [2], a 
non-free software. Even the name of the icon file is 
"page_white_acrobat.png" (no PDF word included). This is why the 
argument that the icon doesn't represent an application, but a 
standardized document format called "PDF", cannot be considered a valid 
one. The icon doesn't represent a standard, it represents an application 
(a non-free one). (More over, the website stylesheet also includes 
page_word.png and page_excel.png icons!) Instead, it's easy to replace 
the icon with the Free PDF readers campaign run by FSFE, which lists 
only Free Software applications for the same standard.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Acrobat

The problem is that by displaying an icon of Adobe Acrobat (or even an 
Adobe Acrobat generated PDF icon) near a link to a PDF document, a Free 
Software organization suggests the use of non-free software to open the 
document. This was not decided by TDF, it was decided by the developers 
of the software you use for the website. By simply replacing in the CSS 
file the icon with the Free PDF readers campaign [3] icon, TDF proves 
its support for and solidarity with other projects which develop Free 
Software for office (for manipulating office documents).

3. http://pdfreaders.org/

Wikimedia has the same problem, it displays Adobe Acrobat icons for all 
its PDF links. It's sad to see so many important Free Software 
organizations advocating for Adobe's non-free software (without even 
realizing it). It would be better not to display the icon, but since 
there is a replacement available from FSFE, why not use it?

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF#References

I have designed a PDF readers icon which IMO integrates well in the 
overall design of your website. Please find the PNG and SVG attached. 
This icon is a derivated work of the official PDF readers campaign by 
FSFE.

For the link to the Free PDF readers campaign, I can make a list of all 
pages at libreoffice.org that list PDF documents.

I have subscribed to the libreoffice-website mailing list so I can reply 
to further questions from your colleagues. But please forward this 
clarification on the same thread because it's not easy for me to do so 
being new on the mailing list.

Thank you!

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