--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Patricio Maciel <
address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all guys...
>
> i'm very glad for the feedback we are receiving here in the list, this
> indicates we are working in the right direction, i think gNS is evolving
> to a new stage, in this process is absolutly necessary start to redefine
> the gNS identity, ain't telling gNS has no identity, i mean it's
> identity must to follow this evolution, this is a personal aprecciation
> but i feel the original logo do not represents the spirit of gNS.
>
> Eus, said in past messages the logo has three elements, a tree, gnu and
> a human head, we can think in a tree like a "ad factum" element in the
> logo, and that's acceptable, but the gnu and the human head/face are
> elements that not offer nothing to the identity, in the meaning this are
> common elements to the major distributions, i have not to explain
> why...all we know what represents the gnu, and the human face...well,
> we can think in that like the conceptualization of the final
> users...anyway, these graphical elements are representatives but aren't
> distinctive and when we talk about identity we have to think in a
> graphical identification, and that should be unique, representative by
> itself and mainly must contain the meaning of the spirit of the project,
> and i think the main concept we must to remark is the freedom,
> technically talking (and this is an absolutly personal opinion) a tree
> doesn't the better option to represent the freedom, it's an element that
> is stuck to its environment, that is opposed to the freedom
> (conceptually talking), but being objective, i think we should found a
> way to refresh the logo...