[OpenISO] [Fwd: Re: Webpage & logo]

[Peter Nemsak]

> Roman Fordinal <fordinal at webcom.sk> wrote:
>
>   
>> Few drafts for logo, please comment!
>>     
>
> Thank you so much for working on this and coming up with these
> suggestions!
>
> However I think they're too close to ISO's existing trademarks.
> (I can't say whether adopting one of them as logo is legally
> ok or not, but my feeling is that any allusions to a logo of
> an organization that we might be directly or indirectly
> competing with for mindshare should be avoided.)  In addition,
> I think that we'd need permission from Open Source Initiative
> if we want to adopt one of the two suggestions on the left;
> maybe it would be ok with them, but I'd prefer to avoid having
> to ask :-)
>
> How about the following idea: an open box (to symbolize openness)
> with a "@" on it (to symbolize information technology), e.g. as
> follows (display in monospaced font)?
>
>    +
>   / \
>  +   +--+
>   \ /  /|
>    +--+ at +
>    |OI|/
>    +--+
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert.
>   
The question is - how much will OpenISO be in cooperation with OSI. An 
identical opened circle might, in my opinion, symbolize a joined effort 
of OSI and OISO, but it's really up to you I guess, if you want to 
contact OSI with some kind of partnership "offer".

The idea of the wireframe globe is used so much, that there shouldn't be 
a problem with the ISO organisation at all. A wireframe ball isn't a 
regged trademark anyway, moreover, it's used pretty much as a symbol of 
the earth. Yet again, the resolution has to be yours :)

As to the opened box idea, I'd understand that mainly as an e-mail 
archiver, or some kind of security/encryption blackbox, but I'm quite 
used to being different in understanding things :)

I'll try to get together something that doesn't resemble ISO or OSI this 
much.

Greetings,
Peter
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> Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>                      http://Norbert.ch
> President of the Swiss Internet User Group SIUG    http://SIUG.ch
> Working on establishing a non-corrupt and
> truly /open/ international standards organization  http://OpenISO.org
>
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