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Re: [Ayatana] Maverick Movies!

This is an interesting question that I'd like some perspective on (as a bit of an outsider to Canonical, but part of the FLOSS community): where does Canonical a/o Ubuntu's responsibility to maintain the Ubuntu brand end?

As a marketer in a rather traditional market, I'm conditioned to think that I need to preserve my brand wherever possible, to make sure everything looks consistent in every medium.

At the same time, it's foolish, and I think, counter to FLOSS ideology, to clamp down on this sort of 'fan art', to categorize it broadly. So how does a company deeply devoted to open source ideology interact with fan art?

I don't know if the Ayatana list is the right place for this discussion, but I'm curious about Canonical/Ubuntu's philosphy for walking that line, navigating that challenge in an innovative, open source way.

Thanks!

Jake




On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well of course we have to get the brand correct and all but we should support any efforts to promote Ubuntu. 

--fagan


On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Christian Giordano <christian.giordano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Shouldn't we promote our style guides? Sure they probably don't include video editing/transitions etc, but the typography of some of those videos is just too inconsistent.

chr

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi folks

I saw this amazing movie from the Ubuntu Ads guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHzP7mxRFJE and was inspired to blog  http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/489 about https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMovies

Shout if you are interested in helping host the process or participating.

Mark

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