[Foundation-l] [FR 07] Fundraiser 2007 -Responsiveness ofCommunity

[Anthony]

On 9/19/07, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/19/07, Tim 'avatar' Bartel <wikipedia at computerkultur.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Titoxd at Wikimedia schrieb, am 19.09.2007 09:58:
> > > I'm pretty sure that they'll make something more subtle if requested...
> > >
> > > By the way, I've thrown my hat into the mix and made an image for the
> > > fundraiser. I've uploaded it to Commons:
> > >
> > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikimedia_Fundraiser_2007.png
> > >
> > > (I'm using this email to release any copyright I may have and granting it to
> > > the Foundation as well.) Hopefully you guys will like it. :)
> >
> > I don't want to be the bad guy but this logo does not match our visual
> > identity guidelines [1] and so it shouldn't be used at all.
> >
>
> As a clarification: It specifiically violates the sentence "Note that
> no derivative of the Wikimedia logo can be published without prior
> approval from the Foundation." Anyway, isn't this why we have a
> Community logo (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg)
> which can be used without approval and without following the
> Foundation Logo guidelines?
>
> Michael
>
When I saw it (before reading the guidelines), I thought it was
because it was cut off.  And then, after reading the guidelines,
doesn't it violate "The logo should always be surrounded by margins of
at least the size of the red circle's diameter"?