Re: Business cards

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Murray Cumming wrote:

> The GNOME Foundation board discussed this today. We really like the idea
> of our contributors associating themselves with the project in this way,
> and feeling even more like part of the community.
> 
> But we are not so comfortable with people using the logo on commercial
> business cards. It would look too much like we are endorsing the
> business, and that normally requires a special agreement.
> 
> So, it would be nice to have these "address cards" [1] for non-
> commercial purposes, plus a "member of GNOME Foundation" logo for cards,
> and for peoples' web sites, for instance. That would be more meaningful,
> and less confusing. Would someone like to try some designs?
> 
> 
> [1] Maybe someone can think of a better non-commercial name, instead of
> "business card". The German word translates approximately as "visitor
> card".

"calling cards" (stationery, not long distance) used to be widely used and
that is probably the English equivalent of the term you're referring to.

http://www.victorianbazaar.com/stationery.html
-- Elliot