[KDE-India] KDE-india Digest, Vol 2, Issue 5
Bhabesh Bhattacharya
ragpicker14 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 5 06:48:31 CET 2006
I highly appreciate the idea of using Indian Tricolour in the logo of
proposed T shirts. It is great. As far as Indian Customs Act & Export
Regulations are concerned, there is no bar in export and there is no customs
duty involved.
On 05/01/06, kde-india-request at kde.org <kde-india-request at kde.org> wrote:
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> 1. Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond (Till Adam)
> 2. Re: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond (Pradeepto Bhattacharya)
> 3. Fwd: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond (Kenneth Wimer)
> 4. ?????: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond (Vivek Rai)
> 5. Re: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond (Sarath Menon)
> 6. Re: ?????: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond (Kenneth Wimer)
> 7. Re: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond (Kenneth Wimer)
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Till Adam <adam at kde.org>
> To: kde-india at kde.org
> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 19:47:50 +0100
> Subject: [KDE-India] Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> Heya folks, and a happy new year,
>
> with GNUinfy06 coming up Pradeepto and Devendra and I were talking about
> maybe
> producing T-Shirts to sell/give away at such occasions, and for kde.inpeople
> to wear when representing KDE. Ken Wimer, one of KDE's lead artists, has
> kindly agreed to work out a motif suggestion with us, so we can come up
> with
> a really nice looking and professional design. So, he's in the CC of this
> mail, please continue cc-ing him, as he's not on the list, and give him
> some
> input as to what you think would be cool as a logo maybe and/or on the
> t-shirt. Since production in India is very cheap, comparatively, the KDE
> Marketing Working Group is thinking about also having a larger quantity of
>
> general purpose KDE shirts produced, for use by various groups around the
> world.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Till
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pradeepto Bhattacharya < pradeeptob at gmail.com>
> To: Till Adam <adam at kde.org>
> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 00:36:39 +0530
> Subject: Re: [KDE-India] Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> Hi,
>
> On 1/5/06, Till Adam <adam at kde.org> wrote:
> > Heya folks, and a happy new year,
>
> Happy New Year to all.
> >
> > with GNUinfy06 coming up Pradeepto and Devendra and I were talking about
> maybe
> > producing T-Shirts to sell/give away at such occasions, and for kde.inpeople
> > to wear when representing KDE. Ken Wimer, one of KDE's lead artists, has
> > kindly agreed to work out a motif suggestion with us, so we can come up
> with
>
> Ken, thanks in advance for your contribution. Sincerely appreciate it.
> :)
>
> > a really nice looking and professional design. So, he's in the CC of
> this
> > mail, please continue cc-ing him, as he's not on the list, and give him
> some
> > input as to what you think would be cool as a logo maybe and/or on the
> > t-shirt.
>
> I would propose KDE-IN written at the front with India Flag's
> tri-colour ( saffron, white, green ) in the style similar to Akademy
> 2005 at Malaga. The KDE gear can replace the "chakra" from the Indian
> flag. Plus the KDE gear colour can be blue as the "charkra" in the
> Flag is blue as well. :) .
>
> What say guys? Please send in your comments! FAST!
>
> > Since production in India is very cheap, comparatively, the KDE
> > Marketing Working Group is thinking about also having a larger quantity
> of
> > general purpose KDE shirts produced, for use by various groups around
> the
> > world.
>
> I am not a expert in export/custom laws. But we need to investigte
> that.
>
> Regards,
> Pradeepto
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at bootsplash.org>
> To: kde-india at kde.org, Till Adam <adam at kde.org>
> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:44:21 +0100
> Subject: [KDE-India] Fwd: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> Hi,
>
> I just sent this and accidentally clicked reply instead of reply-all,
> sorry....
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Kenneth Wimer < kwwii at bootsplash.org>
> > Date: January 4, 2006 9:41:55 PM CET
> > To: Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob at gmail.com >
> > Subject: Re: [KDE-India] Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 1/5/06, Till Adam <adam at kde.org> wrote:
> >>> Heya folks, and a happy new year,
> >>
> >> Happy New Year to all.
> >>>
> >>> with GNUinfy06 coming up Pradeepto and Devendra and I were talking
> >>> about maybe
> >>> producing T-Shirts to sell/give away at such occasions, and for
> >>> kde.in people
> >>> to wear when representing KDE. Ken Wimer, one of KDE's lead artists,
> >>> has
> >>> kindly agreed to work out a motif suggestion with us, so we can come
> >>> up with
> >>
> >> Ken, thanks in advance for your contribution. Sincerely
> >> appreciate it. :)
> >>
> >
> > No problem, glad I can be of help.
> >
> >
> >>> a really nice looking and professional design. So, he's in the CC of
> >>> this
> >>> mail, please continue cc-ing him, as he's not on the list, and give
> >>> him some
> >>> input as to what you think would be cool as a logo maybe and/or on
> >>> the
> >>> t-shirt.
> >>
> >> I would propose KDE-IN written at the front with India Flag's
> >> tri-colour ( saffron, white, green ) in the style similar to Akademy
> >> 2005 at Malaga. The KDE gear can replace the "chakra" from the Indian
> >> flag. Plus the KDE gear colour can be blue as the "charkra" in the
> >> Flag is blue as well. :) .
> >>
> >
> > This sounds like a pretty good idea. I will make 2 or 3 different
> > versions and then let everyone fight it out as to which to use :-)
> >
> >> What say guys? Please send in your comments! FAST!
> >>
> >
> > Any other ideas are welcome, but please do hurry as I will start
> > working on this stuff ASAP.
> >
> >
> >>> Since production in India is very cheap, comparatively, the KDE
> >>> Marketing Working Group is thinking about also having a larger
> >>> quantity of
> >>> general purpose KDE shirts produced, for use by various groups
> >>> around the
> >>> world.
> >>
> >> I am not a expert in export/custom laws. But we need to
> >> investigte that.
> >>
> >
> > Bye,
> > Ken
> >
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Vivek Rai <vivek.rai at gmail.com>
> To: Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at bootsplash.org>
> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:01:37 +0000
> Subject: [KDE-India] उत्तर: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> Hi Ken,
>
> I agree with pradeepto that some design involving the chakra (wheel)
> in the indian flag with some elements from the Indian tricolor flag,
> could be very relevant.
>
> To give you some background, Gandhi used some symbols like the
> spinning wheel very effectively during the independence movement. It
> evokes the feelings of self-reliance.
>
> the idea of merging the symbol of the spinning wheel/chakra, that most
> Indians readily associate with, with the concept of free software has
> been used rather effectively in the logo of http://www.fsf.org.in/
> (IMHO)
>
> cheers,
> vivek
>
> 2006/1/4, Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at bootsplash.org>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just sent this and accidentally clicked reply instead of reply-all,
> > sorry....
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Kenneth Wimer < kwwii at bootsplash.org>
> > > Date: January 4, 2006 9:41:55 PM CET
> > > To: Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob at gmail.com >
> > > Subject: Re: [KDE-India] Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> On 1/5/06, Till Adam < adam at kde.org> wrote:
> > >>> Heya folks, and a happy new year,
> > >>
> > >> Happy New Year to all.
> > >>>
> > >>> with GNUinfy06 coming up Pradeepto and Devendra and I were talking
> > >>> about maybe
> > >>> producing T-Shirts to sell/give away at such occasions, and for
> > >>> kde.in people
> > >>> to wear when representing KDE. Ken Wimer, one of KDE's lead artists,
> > >>> has
> > >>> kindly agreed to work out a motif suggestion with us, so we can come
>
> > >>> up with
> > >>
> > >> Ken, thanks in advance for your contribution. Sincerely
> > >> appreciate it. :)
> > >>
> > >
> > > No problem, glad I can be of help.
> > >
> > >
> > >>> a really nice looking and professional design. So, he's in the CC of
> > >>> this
> > >>> mail, please continue cc-ing him, as he's not on the list, and give
> > >>> him some
> > >>> input as to what you think would be cool as a logo maybe and/or on
> > >>> the
> > >>> t-shirt.
> > >>
> > >> I would propose KDE-IN written at the front with India Flag's
> > >> tri-colour ( saffron, white, green ) in the style similar to Akademy
> > >> 2005 at Malaga. The KDE gear can replace the "chakra" from the Indian
> > >> flag. Plus the KDE gear colour can be blue as the "charkra" in the
> > >> Flag is blue as well. :) .
> > >>
> > >
> > > This sounds like a pretty good idea. I will make 2 or 3 different
> > > versions and then let everyone fight it out as to which to use :-)
> > >
> > >> What say guys? Please send in your comments! FAST!
> > >>
> > >
> > > Any other ideas are welcome, but please do hurry as I will start
> > > working on this stuff ASAP.
> > >
> > >
> > >>> Since production in India is very cheap, comparatively, the KDE
> > >>> Marketing Working Group is thinking about also having a larger
> > >>> quantity of
> > >>> general purpose KDE shirts produced, for use by various groups
> > >>> around the
> > >>> world.
> > >>
> > >> I am not a expert in export/custom laws. But we need to
> > >> investigte that.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > > Ken
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sarath Menon < sarathmenon at gmail.com>
> To: Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 02:44:20 +0530
> Subject: Re: [KDE-India] Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
>
>
> On 1/5/06, Pradeepto Bhattacharya < pradeeptob at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 1/5/06, Till Adam <adam at kde.org> wrote:
> > > Heya folks, and a happy new year,
> >
> > Happy New Year to all.
> > >
> > > with GNUinfy06 coming up Pradeepto and Devendra and I were talking
> > about maybe
> > > producing T-Shirts to sell/give away at such occasions, and for kde.inpeople
> > > to wear when representing KDE. Ken Wimer, one of KDE's lead artists,
> > has
> > > kindly agreed to work out a motif suggestion with us, so we can come
> > up with
> >
> > Ken, thanks in advance for your contribution. Sincerely appreciate
> > it. :)
> >
> > > a really nice looking and professional design. So, he's in the CC of
> > this
> > > mail, please continue cc-ing him, as he's not on the list, and give
> > him some
> > > input as to what you think would be cool as a logo maybe and/or on the
> > > t-shirt.
> >
> > I would propose KDE-IN written at the front with India Flag's
> > tri-colour ( saffron, white, green ) in the style similar to Akademy
> > 2005 at Malaga. The KDE gear can replace the "chakra" from the Indian
> > flag. Plus the KDE gear colour can be blue as the "charkra" in the
> > Flag is blue as well. :) .
>
>
> How about the konqii instead of the gear? It can be a fashion statement
> too :)
>
> Cheers,
> Sarath
>
> What say guys? Please send in your comments! FAST!
> >
> > > Since production in India is very cheap, comparatively, the KDE
> > > Marketing Working Group is thinking about also having a larger
> > quantity of
> > > general purpose KDE shirts produced, for use by various groups around
> > the
> > > world.
> >
> > I am not a expert in export/custom laws. But we need to investigte
> > that.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pradeepto
> > _______________________________________________
> > KDE-india mailing list
> > KDE-india at kde.org
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india
> >
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at bootsplash.org>
> To: Vivek Rai <vivek.rai at gmail.com >
> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:18:40 +0100
> Subject: Re: [KDE-India] उत्तर: Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> Hi Vivek,
>
> On Jan 4, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Vivek Rai wrote:
>
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > I agree with pradeepto that some design involving the chakra (wheel)
> > in the indian flag with some elements from the Indian tricolor flag,
> > could be very relevant.
> >
> > To give you some background, Gandhi used some symbols like the
> > spinning wheel very effectively during the independence movement. It
> > evokes the feelings of self-reliance.
> >
>
> Indeed! I did a bit of research on the flag and read quite a bit about
> it since it has a very interesting story. I will make one version with
> this theme and another really simple one that someone suggested using
> the colors from the flag but not the flag itself in that form and post
> them soon (read tomorrow, as it is already late here).
>
> > the idea of merging the symbol of the spinning wheel/chakra, that most
> > Indians readily associate with, with the concept of free software has
> > been used rather effectively in the logo of http://www.fsf.org.in/
> > (IMHO)
> >
>
> Thanks for pointing that out, it is very nice. I will see what I can
> come up with :-)
>
> > cheers,
> > vivek
> >
>
> Bye,
> Ken
>
> > 2006/1/4, Kenneth Wimer < kwwii at bootsplash.org>:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I just sent this and accidentally clicked reply instead of reply-all,
> >> sorry....
> >>
> >> Begin forwarded message:
> >>
> >>> From: Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at bootsplash.org >
> >>> Date: January 4, 2006 9:41:55 PM CET
> >>> To: Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob at gmail.com >
> >>> Subject: Re: [KDE-India] Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> On 1/5/06, Till Adam < adam at kde.org> wrote:
> >>>>> Heya folks, and a happy new year,
> >>>>
> >>>> Happy New Year to all.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> with GNUinfy06 coming up Pradeepto and Devendra and I were talking
> >>>>> about maybe
> >>>>> producing T-Shirts to sell/give away at such occasions, and for
> >>>>> kde.in people
> >>>>> to wear when representing KDE. Ken Wimer, one of KDE's lead
> >>>>> artists,
> >>>>> has
> >>>>> kindly agreed to work out a motif suggestion with us, so we can
> >>>>> come
> >>>>> up with
> >>>>
> >>>> Ken, thanks in advance for your contribution. Sincerely
> >>>> appreciate it. :)
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> No problem, glad I can be of help.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> a really nice looking and professional design. So, he's in the CC
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> this
> >>>>> mail, please continue cc-ing him, as he's not on the list, and give
> >>>>> him some
> >>>>> input as to what you think would be cool as a logo maybe and/or on
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> t-shirt.
> >>>>
> >>>> I would propose KDE-IN written at the front with India Flag's
> >>>> tri-colour ( saffron, white, green ) in the style similar to Akademy
> >>>> 2005 at Malaga. The KDE gear can replace the "chakra" from the
> >>>> Indian
> >>>> flag. Plus the KDE gear colour can be blue as the "charkra" in the
> >>>> Flag is blue as well. :) .
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> This sounds like a pretty good idea. I will make 2 or 3 different
> >>> versions and then let everyone fight it out as to which to use :-)
> >>>
> >>>> What say guys? Please send in your comments! FAST!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Any other ideas are welcome, but please do hurry as I will start
> >>> working on this stuff ASAP.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> Since production in India is very cheap, comparatively, the KDE
> >>>>> Marketing Working Group is thinking about also having a larger
> >>>>> quantity of
> >>>>> general purpose KDE shirts produced, for use by various groups
> >>>>> around the
> >>>>> world.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am not a expert in export/custom laws. But we need to
> >>>> investigte that.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Bye,
> >>> Ken
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at bootsplash.org>
> To: Sarath Menon <sarathmenon at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:27:02 +0100
> Subject: Re: [KDE-India] Logo for kde.in, t-shirts and beyond
> Hi,
>
> Good to see that several people are discussing this. Keep it up!
>
> On Jan 4, 2006, at 10:14 PM, Sarath Menon wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 1/5/06, Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 1/5/06, Till Adam < adam at kde.org> wrote:
> >> > Heya folks, and a happy new year,
> >>
> >> Happy New Year to all.
> >> >
> >> > with GNUinfy06 coming up Pradeepto and Devendra and I were talking
> >> about maybe
> >> > producing T-Shirts to sell/give away at such occasions, and for
> >> kde.in people
> >> > to wear when representing KDE. Ken Wimer, one of KDE's lead
> >> artists, has
> >> > kindly agreed to work out a motif suggestion with us, so we can
> >> come up with
> >>
> >> Ken, thanks in advance for your contribution. Sincerely
> >> appreciate it. :)
> >>
> >> > a really nice looking and professional design. So, he's in the CC
> >> of this
> >> > mail, please continue cc-ing him, as he's not on the list, and give
> >> him some
> >> > input as to what you think would be cool as a logo maybe and/or on
> >> the
> >> > t-shirt.
> >>
> >> I would propose KDE-IN written at the front with India Flag's
> >> tri-colour ( saffron, white, green ) in the style similar to Akademy
> >> 2005 at Malaga. The KDE gear can replace the "chakra" from the Indian
> >> flag. Plus the KDE gear colour can be blue as the "charkra" in the
> >> Flag is blue as well. :) .
> > How about the konqii instead of the gear? It can be a fashion
> > statement too :)
> >
>
> Unfortunately the Konqi would be really hard to print, and very
> expensive to print (due to the small elements of so many different
> colors). Sticking to two or three colors would greatly reduce the cost
> while offering a much broader range of printers to choose from since
> not many do full color print on t-shirts.
>
> But the idea of using Konqi is nice :-) Perhaps with time we could come
> up with a one or two color Konqi for this purpose.
>
> Bye,
> Ken
>
>
> > Cheers,
> > Sarath
> >
> >> What say guys? Please send in your comments! FAST!
> >>
> >> > Since production in India is very cheap, comparatively, the KDE
> >> > Marketing Working Group is thinking about also having a larger
> >> quantity of
> >> > general purpose KDE shirts produced, for use by various groups
> >> around the
> >> > world.
> >>
> >> I am not a expert in export/custom laws. But we need to
> >> investigte that.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Pradeepto
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> KDE-india mailing list
> >> KDE-india at kde.org
> >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india
>
>
>
>
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