Hello, bug-hurd, Over the past few weeks I've been working with Inkscape on re-drawing the "Hurd Boxes" logo (it should be attached to this email). Of course it's not much different at all from the current one (I respect McCamant and Schwinge too much to throw away their work), it differs in a few minor ways which I think are nice:
- Slightly /less/ symmetrical. The tilted box outlines queue the viewer into a sense of imperfection, and thus, humanity (or at least I like to think so. The tilted outlines may also imply motion or the "flow" of data which the arrows describe) - Rounded edges. Something I like about the Hurd system is how hard it is to actually "cut" yourself while using it (the worst I've gotten is a slap on the wrist by EIEIO). Likewise, this logo doesn't have any sharpness that can imply harm. I know it's just a drawing, but I can just imagine myself hitting my funnybone or stubbing my toe on the "old" logo! - Bigger arrows. The Hurd logo is kind of hard to make out from far away, so I changed the arrows a little bit to be more "full". This is probably the biggest modification in the design. Of course, if it has to be licensed, it is under CC-BY 4.0 This is about the logo, not my artistic expression, so don't be scared of hurting my feelings with criticism. I'm not the most sensitive person and I take very well to *all* kinds of feedback. I know this is probably not a good time to send this, as I can imagine you're all really busy with GSoC just around the corner, and I know I've been bombarding this project with wiki edits and mailing list suggestions. It's just this Spring weather, it makes me want to do these things. Don't worry, though, I'm starting to burn out. :-)
