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[Jake Tolbert <crazybilly@xxxxxxxxx>]

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<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMovies#preview>
>>>
>>> Shout if you are interested in helping host the process or participating.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
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-- 
Peaces,

Jake