PGP "official" logo?
On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, somebody wrote
Just put a "PGP signed" logo <snip> This would also have the bonus effect of making PGP more visible to the web-browsing public. I'll work on this during my.. err.. "spare time".
and somebody replied:
Yeah, I like the idea of a standardized logo. A lot.
Me too... Some ideas: - ask Phil Z. if he ever devised a PGP logo. - a PGP logo design contest (the prize would be eternal glory and gratitude from all CPunks) In this latter case, the winner might be decided by: - a jury (presided by Phil Z. ?) - a vote of CPunks I think it would not do any good if everybody used their own logo. JFA
JF Avon (jf_avon@citenet.net), in a fit of creativity, writes:
Some ideas:
- ask Phil Z. if he ever devised a PGP logo. - a PGP logo design contest (the prize would be eternal glory and gratitude from all CPunks) In this latter case, the winner might be decided by: - a jury (presided by Phil Z. ?) - a vote of CPunks
If you consult the archives you will find the decayed remains of many cypherpunks whose blood was shed in the "Logo Wars" of years past. Instead of having another logo war on the mailing list and having to shout over the din of accounts and subjects hitting the bottom of subscriber's kill files, I'll sum it up for you: If you have a cool logo, put it on your own web pages (or get someone to put it on theirs). Then post the URL on the mailing list. If others like it they will use it. Welcome to anarchy. Forget contests (unless you want to pony up the prizes and the judges), forget voting, forget juries presided by PRZ (he has more important things to do...), forget trying to get a consensus on the mailing list... Still, if you feel you must select a logo in public, set up your own mailing list for discussing the logo...
I think it would not do any good if everybody used their own logo.
I doubt that there will be a large number of logos produced (if any...). If one person comes up with a logo that is obviously better than all the rest then people will use it. If nobody puts logos on their pages then it probably wasn't meant to be. andrew
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- An entity calling itself "Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>" is alleged to have written:
Instead of having another logo war on the mailing list and having to shout over the din of accounts and subjects hitting the bottom of subscriber's kill files, I'll sum it up for you: If you have a cool logo, put it on your own web pages (or get someone to put it on theirs). Then post the URL on the mailing list. If others like it they will use it. Welcome to anarchy.
Hello Andrew, I recommend that you set your line widths so a smaller number so that people who quote you, as above, don't generate >80 col lines, as above. But anyway, I drew my own PGP logo for my "Bryce's Auto-PGP" distribution site. The logo's a kloogey piece of work, but I like the motif of an envelope with "PGP" stamped across the seal, so I use it. If anyone else does the same idea better, I'd love to see (/copy) it. Anyone is welcome to copy my "PGP- the electronic envelope" logo, but by doing so you are assenting to this contract, which states that the next time we are hanging out together in the same bar you will buy me a beer. <a href="http://www.c2.org/~bryce/BAP.html"> BAP Distribution Site </a> Bryce "Toys, Tools and Technologies" the Niche New Signal Consulting -- C++, Java, HTML, Ecash Bryce PGP sig follows -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Auto-signed under Unix with 'BAP' Easy-PGP v1.01 iQCVAwUBMRKpfvWZSllhfG25AQH1QwP/SX7UN0QV5OkxHnHQcZRs4c5f9wBb3+Dj 8MzJoIgdEIiiSLZ+dfc3EHiiP4huMtaNzb+E9k2os8gJvU9D3aYR8Lz8bZDKA0kF dzbCsQAPZoFF+egicd4JTm1KfcfnXJmSModvf6Xoy+L7GdTw5j74tCZNZb9f1GY+ fs6c8XgI3ME= =pd+E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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