Forrest graphic libary (Was: copyright issues with images)

[David Crossley <cr...@indexgeo.com.au>]

Good idea Bert. You are already helping out Forrest just by reading
the list and putting your mind towards it. If you want to do more, great.

Personally, i would only use little graphics where they are of benefit.
Otherwise i use plain text. For example, a green tick or a red cross
on an error report of a form submission.

So yes, i would see the need for a collection of well-chosen graphics.
Obviously when they are stored in a central directory, then they
could get re-used across all of Forrest's site builds. I expect that
when Forrest starts to produce statistics, then we will need certain
graphics.

Do you have the time to start a process to define what types and
purposes for a graphic library? We could start small. Perhaps you
can browse the other Apache projects to see if there is a need
for this. 

Yes, your best way would be to do 'cvs checkout' then build
Forrest on your local system ... you see the results of your
modifications immediately.

By the way, what do you call them ... graphics, icons, logos?

--David

Bert Van Kets wrote:
> Ah, at last something I can help with.
> I have some graphical background and the use of some excellent programs.
> Do you want me to create an alternative?
> I'll have to do a CVS checkout first, I've only been lurking on the list so 
> far.
> Bert

> David Crossley wrote:
> >While doing some minor edits in the excellent new "primer" doc,
> >i came across an interesting issue. There is the cute smiley image
> >in the "Where you can help" section. The alt value is attempting to
> >attribute copyright so a well-known company. Is this sufficient?
> >
> >I wonder if there is an ASF position on this.
> >
> >I suggest that we stay right away from copyrighted images.
> >If neccessary, we can find some opensource images.
> >--David