Re: If glibc had a logo what would it be?

[Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>]

On 12/08/2012 03:55 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> Dear Community,
>
> This week I ended up stuck at two airports with 9+
> hours to kill and no batteries or power outlets.
>
> After working through some bug triage ideas, and
> two meals at the same airport restaurant (if you
> can call them that), my mind started to wander.

While I think that having 9+ hours to kill at an airport is really bad, 
you made something good out of it, guess you need to fly more often ;)

> When I created the linkedin group for glibc it had
> an optional spot to put a logo, but we didn't have
> one so I didn't put anything. When I created the
> Ohloh project for glibc it also had a spot for a
> logo. Logos are things people remember, and are
> iconic representations of the work we do day-in
> day-out.
>
> If glibc had a logo what would it be?

Having one is great and I've noticed that animals are pretty good for 
logos. If you've seen people running around with a large tux or geeko - 
and beeing proud of it - you see some kind of emotional bond with it.

Right now I don't see that emotional bond with glibc but see us on a 
good way ;)

> My brainstorm looked like this:
> - Keystone (holding up a bridge)
> - Pillar (old greek style)
> - Bird (which one?)
> - Tree (soil == kernel, tree and above == userspace).
> - Diamond

glibc is - like the kernel - needed for (nearly) every program, 
application or web service. So, I was thinking in the direction of 
foundation and also thought about water. And diamond has also some nice 
connotations.

> I liked the idea of a diamond, particularly because
> one could write "ABIs are forever" as a witty tag-line
> to the project (aside from all the other implied
> meaning: clarity, durability, perfection etc.) :-)
>
> To kick off the logo conversation I threw together
> a quick logo in inkscape as an example. Yes, it is
> OK to laugh at my graphic skills :-)
>
> http://www.systemhalted.org/~carlos/glibc2.svg
> http://www.systemhalted.org/~carlos/glibc-s2-med.png
> http://www.systemhalted.org/~carlos/glibc-s2-small.png
> http://www.systemhalted.org/~carlos/glibc-s2-tiny.png (retouched)
>
> What logo would you choose for the project?

Let's make a logo competition - ask LWN to post the call and we share it 
as well via social media ;). I'll sponsor the winner of the logo some 
SUSE geeko as thank you - and I'm sure others can throw some small 
prices in as well ;)

The diamond is a bit too artificial for me but I have nothing better - 
and it's way better than nothing. ;) Let's see what others come up with 
and then take what we have - and if we only have one logo (your 
proposal), I would go with it.

thanks for starting this,
Andreas
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