Re: final version of the new logo needed
On 04-Jun-99, 03:14 (CDT), "James A. Treacy" <treacy@debian.org> wrote:
> Now that we have decided what the new logo will be, we need to create
> the final version. Besides creating the final 'picture', a number
> of different versions need to be created. In particular, postscript,
> jpg, png and (cringe) gif.
At the risk of starting a flame war, why do we need gif? It seems to me
to be a violation of our general principles to push a format that cannot
be produced with free software. Ok, I know there are subtleties about
compressed vs. non-compressed, but even if *we* do the correct thing,
using gifs promotes the idea that gifs are okay, and most people will
not observe the way we wriggled around the patent issue.
Is there a technical reason we *must* provide gifs? Note that I don't
believe "more convenient for some users" doesn't count; there are a lot
of things that would be more convenient if I used non-free software, but
I don't, given a free choice that will accomplish the task, even if the
method is more awkward.
Steve
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