[haiku-web] Re: Porting the website theme to Drupal 5.7

On 17/03/2008, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 16:05 -0700, Urias McCullough wrote:
>  > On 17/03/2008, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > >  I would be reluctant to put the theme up for anyone to grab. The reason
>  > >  is that this theme is also part of our identity, and if anyone can take
>  > >  our theme and use it, then we risk diluting the Haiku brand. Even open
>  > >  source projects (such as Ubuntu, and even Drupal) take this position and
>  > >  do not release their website themes, and I think it would be the wise
>  > >  thing to do for Haiku.
>  >
>  > My only observation here is that the re-use of nearly the exact same
>  > theme on the NorCal-HUG site may already does what you're suggesting
>  > we shouldn't allow... Not that I am really one to complain - but we
>  > shouldn't maintain a double-standard.
>
>
> I am afraid you are missing a fundamental aspect of branding. :)
>
>  Selectively allowing the use of the theme for Haiku user groups (such as
>  NORCAL-HUG) or regional chapters of the Haiku project (such as
>  haiku-os.it) does not dilute the brand, but rather strengthens it.

Ok, thanks for clarifying your position - I was definitely confused
about what you were saying previously.
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