[scribus] logo and slogan note

[Vladimir Savic]

On 01/31/10 17:41, Robert Martinez wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> In my opinion scribus public perception would benefit if it used only 
> one logo everywhere. There seems to be a variety of versions on the 
> website/wiki/application/splash/blog (some consisting of the circle 
> and/or the knob and/or the bright wave). Is this intentional?
>
The cyan/blue one is the main color of Scribus logo.
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_Desktop_Icons

> The second thing is the slogan: "open source desktop publishing".
> I don't intend to start a flame war :) ... but isn't it technically 
> even "free software"?!

Free software is wider term then open source. Scribus is free open 
source software, released under GPL license.

> (I'm just curious if there are technical reasons or personal 
> likes/dislikes to the term)
> I also think the slogan (no matter what slogan) does not need to be as 
> prominent on the homepage as the actual name of the application.
>

Funny enough, home page (www.scribus.net) is far from our (unwritten) 
visual guidelines. Others, more frequently edited (wiki), are much 
better... Yet, far from perfect.

Vlada

> Just my thoughts.
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
>