[haiku] Re: Haiku User Groups

  • From: "Jorge G. Mare" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:13:45 -0700

Hi Nickos,

Nickos V wrote:

I looked at Jorge's Japan Haiku HUG mock-up and looked too much like
Official Haiku site - easy to think they represent Haiku in Japan. This I believe would be bad because there is no control of HUGs by Haiku. Better to make them look somewhat different so people can tell which is the official site. 

Suggestions:

1) different background (and menu?) color(s)
2) noticeable disclaimer saying not official Haiku site and where to locate 
official site
3) Use HAIKU in plain text, not trademark logo with leaves
4) Permit use of theme on case by case basis/approval by Haiku Inc.
5) Have HUG accept terms & conditions of proper use - with Haiku
allowed to revoke use at any time or for misuse.
6) Not profit from Haiku logo.  Should only allow official Haiku
site to use the trademark Haiku logo.  Using Haiku logo makes it look
very much like Haiku's site and official.

This should be taken up with Haiku Inc. (BOD) eventually since they
make the  *final* decisions in these type of matters.
If we had a HUG policy that defined the criteria for becoming a recognized user group, and any given HUG met that criteria, then I don't see what the problem is with allowing them to have the same official look. AFAICT, that's the approach that Ubuntu and Fedora take, and it seems to work well for them.
In the same way that there could be a "Powered by Haiku" badge for hardware or software using Haiku, we could make sure that the HUGs comply with the trademark policy in their websites by creating and providing graphic signatures specifically for compliant user groups. This would actually reinforce the brand (rather that dilute it), and it would give the project a point of control, as it would be the project who provides the artwork, so nothing is left to the open interpretation of the third party. 

Cheers,

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Jorge/aka Koki
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