<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Rather than worrying about whether a user who uses these images is ACTUALLY using the standards somehow, perhaps it could just be a form of propaganda, to raise awareness for the group? Similar to PostgreSQL, or Apache. --Alex > Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:08:58 +0100 > Subject: Re: XDG Badges > From: claesatwork@gmail.com > To: xdg@lists.freedesktop.org > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Alex Weber <blushift@live.ca> wrote: > > Regarding the idea of XDG badges, this is definitely something I could get > > behind and put together over Christmas (no classes ;) ) > > > > Would anybody be opposed to me taking up this task? Would I be able to > > "donate them" (transfer ownership) to the XDG? Do I need to email anybody in > > particular regarding this? > > > > I am a "nobody" in this discussion, but I can think of two ways to > approach this. Either, make the badges say something like "I support > Freedesktop standards", and make them public domain, or the license of > the source files, whatever applies. They then become a statement from > the person that publishes them. > > Or, transfer them to "the community" and include a terms of usage. > Similar to W3C has for the valid HTML icon > (http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#icon). However, this assumes > that the support of standards actually can be validated, and the > transfer of the works is probably more complicated than it would be > worth. This seems like a much more complex process and I think the > first option is the best > > /Claes > _______________________________________________ > xdg mailing list > xdg@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg </body> </html>