replace logo.ai

[marado]

Even if logo.ai isn't an alternative version of the non-free Publico logo (publico.pt), which I don't know if it is or not, but it surely looks like it is, I think that the logo is just too similar for you to be confortable using it, so I recommend you to replace it with something more... "original".

[jorgecarleitao]

Thank you @marado for pointing this out.

It was actually not the objective: the original website name was proconsenso, and the logo was the full proconsenso with columns. Them I changed the logo to P with a column, and then I changed from proconsenso to contratospublicos.pt (back to CP with columns) and then to publicos.pt.

The logo represents a column inside a P, which implicitly says that democracy requires public information, in this case in form of "data".

If this is a trademark infringement or not, I don't know. I see at least three distinct differences: the color is different; the font is different (only noticed now); and Publico logo has no drawing.

What you are saying is that having a logo with one P is trademark infringement. Could be, and if that is the case, we will have to change it. I have no particular affection to it, I'm just too bad at drawing. Do you have any suggestion?

[marado]

Hi,

I'm sorry - I am not saying that having a logo with one P is an infringement, and thanks for your explanation - both on the logo/name evolution, and on the differences in the P (the one mattering to me being the font difference).

That said, while I don't think you have a legal issue in hands, I still think the logo is too easilly confused to something coming from Público: in fact I've put it to test with a couple of friends, and both said "hey, this is Publico's logo!"... of course, the URL similarity might have been affecting. In other words, while it is not a "bug", I would think it as an enhancement, if the logo would be replaced to something more... unique.

As for "suggestions"... sorry, I suck at drawing. Maybe an open call on the site for logo submissions will bring a couple of voluntaries?

[jorgecarleitao]

Hi and thank you very much for the test. You convinced me that this confuses people, and that is the last thing we want the logo to do.

I like your idea for an open call, however, I would like to give a couple of weeks before we move on with it to see if other solutions appear.

[jorgecarleitao]

@marado, we can now move forward with this. Since you brought this up, I would like to give you priority to implement it, if you wish. I would like very much to have a contribution from you, but please don't feel in any way obliged to do so.

Basically we need (IMO):

1. a page with the specs we want for the logo;
2. a banner on the top of the website with a link to that page;
3. translations to pt of the above.

You can implement this as you wish within the technologies we are using (i.e. bootstrap, html, Django; e.g. avoiding flash).

The banner can even have a link to your homepage, something like

Kindly suggested and implemented by Marcos Marado.

Feel free to ask anything, here or by email, if you want to implement it but you are unsure about anything.

[marado]

Thank you for giving me a free hand on this, but I'm afraid I would do you
a disservice: web design or logo creation is definitively not one of my
skills ;-)

Feel free to do it yourself, or anyone else interested on this issue.
On Sep 16, 2014 1:56 PM, "jorgecarleitao" [email protected] wrote:

@marado https://github.com/marado, we can now move forward with this.
Since you brought this up, I would like to give you priority to implement
it, if you wish. I would like very much to have a contribution from you,
but please don't feel in any way obliged to do so.

Basically we need (IMO):

1. a page with the specs we want for the logo;
2. a banner on the top of the website with a link to that page;
3. translations to pt of the above.

You can implement this as you wish within the technologies we are using
(i.e. bootstrap, html, Django; e.g. avoiding flash).

The banner can even have a link to your homepage, something like

Kindly suggested and implemented by Marcos Marado
http://mindboosternoori.blogspot.de/.

Feel free to ask anything, here or by email, if you want to implement
it but you are unsure about anything.

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[jorgecarleitao]

I'm sorry if I was not clear, the scope of this issue at the moment is not the creation of the logo; is the creation of the open call.

The work of this ticket basically consists in an announcement (on the top of the website) and a webpage:

Announcement: "We are changing our logo and we are searching for suggestions. See more information here."

The here would be a webpage explaining what we want. I guess the points to address on the webpage are:

1. We are searching for a logo and a brief text explaining its main elements
2. must have the same main color as the current one (so the CSS matches)
3. related to government transparency
4. some information on the licence (i.e. we must be able to use it in the website, and only on this website as logo)
5. Credits will be properly given.
6. The design is free.
7. More?

This way we could share the webpage in social media and the persons would know what is expected.

[jorgecarleitao]

I've created a new branch for this, with a draft of the call.

I would love to see it commented and criticised so the open call is fair and has reaches the right persons.

[nmota]

How about this?

I'm not a desinger, and it's open to sugestions...

[nmota]

I've just read the draft of the call and realized that I completely missed the point on my previous comment.

Maybe you can say in the call that the logo will not be used for commercial purposes.

Do you have a date planned for starting the call?

[jorgecarleitao]

Don't worry, I think you brought an interesting idea with the white P, as it can be interpreted as transparency.

Maybe you can say in the call that the logo will not be used for commercial purposes.

Yes, that makes sense.

I don't have plans yet: I would like to fix the issues #39 before: we may be able to get some attention, and having the instructions working seems a must.

[marado]

I'd actually recommend the logo to be BSD licensed, with the rest of this project.