Re: Distribution branding of GNOME

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 8 Mar 2005, at 21:52, Jeff Waugh wrote:

> <quote who="Rob Adams">
>
> > Of course, we have no way to make it mandatory, but GNOME as a brand 
> > has
> > suffered greatly by the whitewashing practiced by distributions, most
> > notably the "Java Desktop Environment" (I mean, honestly, what the 
> > hell is
> > that?)

I dunno... it was the "Java Desktop System" last time I looked :)

FWIW, I've asked our marketing folks in the past if the JDS splash 
screen could include something like "Based on the GNOME project", in 
much the same way that our StarOffice splash screens proclaim that 
they're "Based on the OpenOffice.org project".  No joy as yet 
unfortunately, but we do at least retain the "About GNOME" dialog and 
the contributor list.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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