Re: Cultural Issue with the Foot Logo

[Alex Hudson <home alexhudson com>]

Thilo Pfennig wrote:
>  Besides Thailand and Nepal due to the material online I would add:
> Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi
> Arabia, Quatar, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United, Arab Emirates and also
> Pakistan, Afghanistan and other muslim countries maybe those with +50%
> muslim population: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Muslim_world_map.png
>   

If we're looking at a cultural problem in Islamic countries, there is 
some precedent there for having separate logos: Red Cross / Red Crescent 
have different symbols because the cross is offensive in those areas too 
(even through unrelated descent). I believe they're different 
organisations, and they also have a third symbol - a diamond - as a 
reserve. GNOME could apply the same thinking, though.

Would there be a problem using something like a stylised hand-print? It 
could be made to look recognisably "GNOME" with a G palm, yet still 
obviously a hand.


Cheers,

Alex.