[haiku-development] Re: QT and SDL GCC4 libs and Haik compatible Logo program

Urias McCullough wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:36 AM, SMC.Collins <smc.collins@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >    As I understand it, the program is about applications, not distrobutions.
> > The hiccup becomes frameworks/librarys. I personally think those should be
> > approved by the devs.
> >
> > http://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/Haiku%20Compatible%20Logo
> >
> >  link to logo page proposal.
> 
> Well yeah, I now see that this has been reinterpreted... and updated
> in the last 4 days by Adrien:
> 
> http://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/Haiku%20Compatible%20Logo?action=history
> 
> BUT: that was not the intent for the "Haiku Compatible" logos initially.
> 
> The first mention of the need for this logo is here:
> 
> http://www.freelists.org/post/haiku/Joining-the-admin-team,12
> 
> And the logos were created shortly afterward.
> 
> Only recently did Adrien assert that the logo was supposed to be used
> for "compatible software" - and I guess nobody corrected him. So, this
> is will be a brand new concept for the Alpha3 release.
> 
> In any case, that's fine - if we want to re-purpose the logo for
> software, I don't care, but it was news to me (and probably others),
> that's all.

That's news to me too and I strongly object, particularly to the "The Haiku 
Project is responsible for allowing 3rd-partiesto use the logo." I certainly 
have better things to do with my time than to judge whether dozens of software 
packages are "Haikuish" enough. I also don't see the point.

CU, Ingo

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