Re: About worldofgnome org

[alex diavatis <alexis diavatis gmail com>]

Hello Karen,

I didn't know about not allowed to use word Gnome on the domain, seems a bit weird, sorry about it.

Thank you for considering to allow us to use Gnome Logo 

Nope there isn't any reason to release this week,we just felt that we have to release some time, even in alpha state. 

So we can wait for you.

However I guess I have to explain some things about Wogue. 

1. We want to think GNOME as operating system

That means our Page Material will exceed the Gnome as core and will go on Themes, Applications, Extensions etc  

2. We like Gnome because is beautiful and productive not only because is open 

Because Gnome is OS (for us), it runs applications. And applications aren't always open.

So we are going to advertise Apps that aren't open like Steam (if comes natively on Linux, not just on Wine) and Penumbra.  

We want to show people all the good things that Gnome HAS and RUNS

3. Of course we are going to show plenty of pure pure Gnome 

I guess you don't quite like the things above (2), but ...

Taking this opportunity to talk to you, I want to say that,

 

We want to see GNOME as GNOME OS, Fedora Gnome, Ubuntu Gnome ( OK that's dead) or whatever. It is very sad that this awesome product hasn't the recognition that deserves.

Seems like paradox to me that everyone he sees it, he likes it, but few people have it. And of course the answer is that missing the applications, advertisement and consistency(?). 

Fortunately today we don't use Apps so much as we have everything online, but every good app that runs on Linux has to be advertised, no matter if it is open or commercial. 

On the other hand if you do not like "commercial apps" under Gnome Logo ( understood )  we can run in on a subdomain. In any case we make clear if a app is open, part of Gnome, or not. 

Well, WoGue loves GNOME and wants to promote it on people that don't like mailing lists, don't write on open source forums, don't care about how it works.

We want to make an enjoyable page with fancy stuff that focus more on Design and Art. And Shell is ART :)

Thank you, 

- alex

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Karen Sandler <karen gnome org> wrote:

Hi Alex,

Thanks so much for providing more information and for asking us in advance
of launch in the first place. As you probably know, using the GNOME mark
as part of a domain name is a violation of our trademark guidelines:
http://foundation.gnome.org/licensing/guidelines/

However, GNOME's board likes what you are putting together in principle
and is deciding whether it can grant you special permission. Is there some
reason you need to launch this week? I will get back to you as soon as I
have more information.

best,
Karen

On Sun, October 23, 2011 2:15 pm, alex diavatis wrote:
> Well I just attach a quick mockup of the logo to show you what I mean,
> [image: wog_logo1.png]
> - alex
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:50 PM, alex diavatis
> <alexis diavatis gmail com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We plan to release worldofgnome.org some day this week -Thursday
>> most probably- and we still haven't any answer from you about if we have
>> the
>> right to use the Gnome Logo.
>> Our logo is just a text "WoGue" and we want to add Gnome Icon next to
>> it.
>>
>> We don't claim any rights on our work, or on our logo and we don't go
>> commercial in any way.
>>
>> If we haven't any answer from you by the time we release it, we assume
>> that
>> we can use Gnome logo as a part of ours (actually next to ours not part
>> of
>> it),
>> and we discuss it between us if we should or shouldn't not use it.
>>
>> Hope hearing from you,
>> Thank you
>>
>> - alex
>>
>>
>>
>>

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