[us-marketing] Re: DVD as swag for upcoming OSCON

On 29 Jun 2012, at 16:34, drew jensen wrote:

> On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 16:23 +0100, Simon Phipps wrote:
> > Thanks for this, Drew.
> >
> > On 29 Jun 2012, at 16:09, drew jensen wrote:
> > > 1) Given that LibreOffice IMO really needs to focus on brand building,
> > > particularly in the MS Windows space I would first drop all the
> > > platforms other then Windows.
> >
> > OSCON has a lot of Mac users, so if it's at all possible to shoehorn on the Mac DMG that would 
> > be good.
>
> Yeah - I thought about that - it would require bumping something else
> out of the image, but that is OK with me.
>
> > > 2) The current libreoffice-na disk includes additional OSS applications,
> > > again I propose to drop everything not for Windows.
> >
> > What sort of thing are they? Even Windows add-ons probably aren't essential, and if it makes 
> > room for the Mac version all the better.
> you can see the original set at
> http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/extras.html
>
> I already ditched anything that was not the latest release for windows
> from that list.

I'd ditch the lot, honestly.

> The larger prize, space wise, is in dictionaries and templates, I would
> need to drop something from those to fit the MAC distribution files in I
> think, even if I dumped all the extras.

Which are you including? I think it's safe to just include US English, and possibly Spanish.

> > > What I would propose is to go ahead and update this cover and the disk
> > > label to show that it was distributed at OSCON 2012. I snagged some
> > > artwork for doing this, not sure what steps (or rather who to ask) for
> > > permission to do so from a trademark perspective - I'm hoping maybe
> > > Simon could weigh in on that - if it seems like a good thing to do, and
> > > I really think it is, the I could work on the artwork today.
> >
> > Happy to help. Since we're representing TDF, I don't think there will be any trademark problems 
> > even if you use the marks with the TDF underline, but I'll wait for the gurus to chip in on that 
> > too.
>
> I meant if I include some OSCON marks, that is the trademark I'm
> concerned with, not TDF.

Given Jean and I are both attending multiple events (including CLS) I think it would be better not 
to mention OSCON specifically.

S.


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