Re: DragonFly logo in high resolution?

[Zera William Holladay <zholla1@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Devon H. O'Dell wrote:

> Zera William Holladay wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Devon H. O'Dell wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Paul Grunwald wrote:
> >>
> >>>Oliver Fromme <olli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:419e36fa$0$743
> >>>$415eb37d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>Is the DragonFly logo available in higher resolution
> >>>>anywhere?  I can only find the 134 x 82 pixels one
> >>>>on the web site.
> >>>>
> >>>>Oh, and another question:  Who owns the copyright on
> >>>>that logo?  I mean, whom do I have to ask for per-
> >>>>mission if I wanted to reproduce the logo somewhere
> >>>>(on a web site, DVD cover or whatever)?
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks in advance.
> >>>>
> >>>>Best regards
> >>>>  Oliver
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Is anyone interested in stuff like this: http://home.comcast.net/
> >>>~pgrunwald/debiangoodies.html done for DragonFlyBSD?
> >>>
> >>>I've moved over to the beastie side!
> >>>
> >>>I looked at Devon's page and I'm still not sure who owns this.  It is not
> >>>my intention to make a loot hear, rather just promote and make money for
> >>>the cause.  (I'm still in the hole for the debian stuff but that's
> >>>ok...).
> >>>
> >>>P.
> >>
> >>I like this. A friend of Sascha Wildner made a few of those case
> >>stickers for DragonFly and it looks really nice. I've discussed doing a
> >>new logo with several people, but it's surprisingly difficult for a few
> >>reasons:
> >>
> >>  o	It needs to be something that doesn't look like a bug
> >>  o	It needs to be something that does look professional
> >>  o	It needs to be something that doesn't look cartoonish
> >>
> >>I'm fine doing more artwork for the project, but I'd like some more
> >>ideas. The last idea I had was to make a dragonfly which was a cross
> >>between a dragon and a dragonfly. Sounds neat, but it ends up looking
> >>ridiculous. I'm also thinking of doing some 3D model, but again, I'm not
> >>sure if that's going to turn out great.
> >>
> >>You've certainly got my permission to use my art for this. Various
> >>people (including myself) have tried to get in touch with Joe Angerson
> >>regarding the copyright, but he doesn't respond / hasn't responded for
> >>whatever reasons. My versions need to be reworked a little bit. I just
> >>recently downloaded them and noticed that they're actually only the
> >>half-finished versions. So I'll need to fix that.
> >>
> >>In any case, if you have ideas regarding something original, please let
> >>me know and I will help bring it into the picture (drumroll, please ;P).
> >>
> >>Kind regards,
> >>
> >>Devon H. O'Dell
> >>
> >
> >
> > What needs to be done?  I have not been following the threads concerning
> > the logo(s) so that I am in the dark.  Do you want ideas, drawings, help
> > and/or logos?  I have a degree in fine art ... I may as well put it to
> > work for some good (I'm studying computer eng. now).  I am not bad with a
> > pencil and paper.  I am pretty good with some graphics applications too.
> >
> > -Zera Holladay
>
> This would be wonderful! I'm a self-proclaimed artist; I can usually
> make something look pretty okay, and I can do a bit of drawing, but I
> wouldn't market myself as an artist. If you'd like to come up with
> something that you would like to donate to us (the DragonFly BSD
> project) under our license, that would be fantastic.
>
> Basically the problem is that the current logo we have didn't come with
> any copyright terms, so we don't know whether it is okay to use the logo
> for commercial purposes. We've not been able to get any further
> information from the author either. Some of us would like to be able to
> print mugs, t-shirts, etc; but we're not sure if this is OK.
>
> Additionally, it'd be nice to have various sketches and such.
>
> I would love to work with you if you have ideas for additional art that
> we could use for the DragonFly BSD project. I can definitely do work in
> Illustrator if I had some illustrations... but I'm not sure what looks
> good (all my attempts have failed) and my drawing isn't terribly great
> either.
>
> So if you'd like to work with me (or by yourself) to get something else
> usable (both commercially and something that can represent the project
> or perhaps serve as an auxillary logo), it'd be great!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Devon H. O'Dell
>

Cool, I'll get to work on some stuff.  Of course DFBSD can own or use or
whatever any of the images that I create until the world ends.

-zh