[Frugalware-devel] Frugalware 0.9 - Solaria - artwork rules

[Miklos Vajna]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 07:55:18AM +1000, Russell Dickenson <russelldickenson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I ask that Frugalware artwork be discussed on the other, current
> thread titled "0.9 artwork"?  It's confusing to have artwork
> contributions appear in this thread, which was intended to be a
> discussion of the rules that should be applied to Frugalware's
> official artwork.

agreed.

> Question 1 - How would an artwork competition be judged?  Would we
> have the developers vote for the artwork that they like, as they do
> now when a new developer is being voted into the team?  Would each
> entry that each developer likes get a "+1", with the contribution with
> the highest score winning?

i think so. public voting on the mailing list is fine, imho.

> Question 2 - What would happen with those entries that don't win?
> Would we simply scrap these or could they be included in a new package
> - official-artwork?  I wouldn't like to see peoples' efforts rewarded
> in some way.

or they could be used in the next one. doing the artwork for a single
image includes a lot of work (see
http://frugalware.org/pipermail/frugalware-devel/2007-February/003163.html),
so i don't think we want to do that for multiple images at the moment.

> Question 3 - Would a competition be open to everyone, including developers?

i think so. being a developer says something about coding skills but
says nothing about design skills, so i think that would be fair.

> Question 4 - Do we want to allow the contributed artwork to be used
> for commercial purposes?  This could include such things as "Café
> Press", where we sell merchandise with Frugalware artwork.  Who
> wouldn't *LOVE* to buy a pair of Frugalware underpants?  They could be
> labelled "They'll *never* go down"!?  :P

as we discussed already, we want it to be licensed under the free art
license, wich allows you to do so:

"You have the right to distribute copies of this work; whether modified
or not, whatever the medium and the place, with or without any charge"

> Question 5 - How much time should be allowed for - (a) judging, (b)
> conversion from wallpaper to GDM/KDM/SLiM theme, Gnome/KDE/Xfce splash
> etc.  If it's not already answered by these two points, how long
> before the official release of 0.9 should the artwork be completed?

given that we have only 4 weeks till pre2, i would say 'rc1'.

> Question 6 - Should all contributors be required to submit their
> source files?  For the GIMP this would be the .xcf file.

i think so. otherwise we can't really use it in other places..

> Question 7 - Should all contributions be required to be the
> contributors' original artwork, or can they adapt someone else's
> artwork?

i think it's ok to send in other's art, but then obviously the winner is
the original author ;)

thanks.
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