Laptop with KDE Mascot printed

[Aleix Pol]

Much like all of our software, all of our artwork sure is available for
people to reuse in very accessible licences.

What we are discussing here is what we promote, where we put our focus.

Is our vision that as many devices as possible with KDE artwork should be
roaming in the universe?
Or can we continue nurturing our relationship with hardware partners to
actually provide a meaningful KDE and Plasma experience?

I do think it goes far beyond a logo on the cover and competing with
ourselves here is just shooting ourselves in the foot.

We don't have a lot of wiggle room in such an extremely populated and
liberal space. We shouldn't waive it just because Konqi is cute and now it
comes in colours.

Aleix

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 6:22 PM Paul Brown <paul.brown at kde.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 15 March 2022 16:02:34 CET Aleix Pol wrote:
> > We have worked hard towards making our collaborations with hardware
> > manufacturers more meaningful than "slapping artwork into the cover". We
> > already worked with Slimbook to that end and we continue to work with
> > TUXEDO on another device which still is pending.
> >
> > Including what they do today on social media makes sense but I think
> that,
> > as a software community, we can offer much more than logos into laptops.
>
> Yes, of course. I don't think anyone is arguing otherwise or attempting to
> frivolise KDE's technical contributions.
>
> Quite the contrary, making KDE artwork available for users to personalise
> their devices, devices that will later be seen by others, will not detract
> from that, and may even have some effect in spreading awareness of our
> products
> through our brands, logos and mascots.
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
> >
> > Aleix
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 10:15 AM Helio Chissini de Castro <helio at kde.org
> >
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Silly question
> > >
> > > Tuxedo has this paid extension to add your logo on the laptop. Not
> sure if
> > > is for companies only ( seen like not ). Reference:
> > > https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/de/Individuelle-Tastaturen.tuxedo
> > >
> > > Can't we have an svg/image for KDE / Konqi like the one Sandro did but
> in
> > > an official way as everyone buying their laptops can be easily have
> access
> > > to it ( and a KDE keycaps to super too )
> > >
> > > I would consider myself honestly.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 10:04 AM Paul Brown <paul.brown at kde.org>
> wrote:
> > >> On Monday, 14 March 2022 16:53:15 CET Sandro Knauß wrote:
> > >> > Hey,
> > >>
> > >> Morning Sandro,
> > >>
> > >> > The cover of my new laptop from TUXEDO[1] is printed with the KDE
> > >>
> > >> mascot[2].
> > >>
> > >> > TUXEDO wants to use this to do promo with that image. Maybe you
> too? As
> > >>
> > >> it
> > >>
> > >> > looks very nice;)
> > >>
> > >> It does!
> > >>
> > >> > Sure they need to mention Tyson Tan as author. Are there
> > >> > any hashtags / anything that they can do to add to their posts in
> > >> > social
> > >> > media to credit KDE the most?
> > >>
> > >> I would say the best thing would be to tag us. If they include
> > >>
> > >> @kdecommunity
> > >>
> > >> somewhere in their tweet, we will see it and we will be able to share
> it
> > >> further.
> > >>
> > >> > Or should I tell them, that they should
> > >> > coordinate with you?
> > >>
> > >> They can do that too, if they want. They can email us here or send a
> > >> message
> > >> to
> > >>
> > >> aniqa.khokhar at kde.org
> > >> paul.brown at kde.org
> > >>
> > >> so we can work on it together.
> > >>
> > >> > [1] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com
> > >> > [2] https://community.kde.org/File:Mascot_20140702_konqui-group.png
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for drawing this to out attention, Sandro.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >>
> > >> Paul
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