LINUX WARS! [Abandoned]

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I am a Linux junkie (I use Ubuntu) and found this site so I got the bright idea of bringing together my two favorite things, Linux and Risk, and came up with linux wars! The game play would be similar to the basic risk map but instead of countries I would carve up the logos of various Linux distros and, of course, Tux, the Linux penguin. So to start with I was going to combine the logos of various Linux distros along with who I need to give credit to. If any 1 wants to help me please just send me to distros with cool logos and I will list what I have below along with how I would cave them up (Suggestions welcome). If I have any usability info wrong let me know

Table of contents:
Post 1: This!
Post 2: Usable Logos
Post 3: Potential Candidates
Post 4: Unusable Logos

Here is a rough draft of how it will look. Please note that I will only include usable logos so once I one another one I can use I'll add it. There are currently only 2 usable logos right now so here what I got

I have 2 ideas with this. I could either leave the lines or, to make it look better, I could only add lines in between logos and allow attacks between all territories within a logo and extra-logo attacks only along lines

[water_foul]

Tux

Carving:
TBD
Credit:

The copyright holder of this file allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holders Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski are mentioned.

Gentoo Logo

Carving:
TBD
Credit:

Commercial Use

Commercial use of the Gentoo "g" logo and Gentoo artwork is allowed for any software or computer hardware product that contains or is based upon content produced by the Gentoo project, or any project or service referencing Gentoo or the Gentoo Project, provided that the following conditions are met:

1. You acknowledge that the "g" logo is a trademark of Gentoo Foundation, Inc. and that any Gentoo artwork is copyright Gentoo Foundation, Inc., and
2. the artwork used is not the primary (largest) mark displayed on the product, and is thus intended to convey that the product contains "content produced by the Gentoo project", but is not itself a product being sold or supported by Gentoo Foundation, Inc.

Commercial use of the Gentoo "g" logo and Gentoo artwork for any other purpose is expressly denied.

Non-Commercial Use

Non-commercial use of the "g" logo and Gentoo artwork is permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. You acknowledge that the "g" logo is a trademark of Gentoo Foundation, Inc., and that any Gentoo artwork is copyright Gentoo Foundation, Inc, and,
2. the "g" logo and Gentoo artwork are used in content that pertain to "the Gentoo project", as directed by the Gentoo Foundation, Inc., and not any effort outside or beyond the authority of the Gentoo Foundation, Inc., and
3. you clearly state that the content, project, site, product or any other type of item with which the "g" logo or Gentoo artwork is associated is not part of the Gentoo project and is not directed or managed by Gentoo Foundation, Inc.

Fedora logo

Carving:
TBD
Credit:

1. You won't alter the logos, and you'll adhere to the style guide.
2. You'll only use the logos to describe Fedora stuff. (i.e. you won't take the logo and slap it on Debian stuff. Common sense.)
3. You won't use the logo for anything hateful or stupid.
4. We reserve the right to disallow your use of the logo.

PERMISSION GIVEN!

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Ubuntu logo

Carving:
TBD
Credit:

We recognise that most of the open source discussion and development areas are for non-commercial purposes and will allow the use of the trademarks in this context, provided:

* there is no commercial intent behind the use
* what you are referring to is in fact Ubuntu. If someone is confused into thinking that what isn't Ubuntu is in fact Ubuntu, you are probably doing something wrong.
* there is no suggestion (through words or appearance) that your project is approved, sponsored, or affiliated with Ubuntu or its related projects unless it actually has been approved by and is accountable to the Ubuntu Community Council

...

Permission from us is necessary to use any of the Trademarks under any circumstances other than those specifically permitted above. These include:

* Any commercial use
* Use on or in relation to a software product that includes or is built on top of a product supplied by us, if there is any commercial intent associated with that product.
* Use in a domain name or URL.
* Use for merchandising purposes, e.g. on t-shirts and the like.
* Use of a name which includes the letters BUNTU in relation to computer hardware or software.
* Services relating to any of the above.

Usability: I don't know, the commercial use stuff could become a problem I could use some help in figuring this one out

Suse logo

Carving:
TBD
Credit:

Trademarks

Novell, the Novell logo, openSUSE and the openSUSE logo are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc and SUSE Linux is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

The trademarks, logos and service marks ("Marks") displayed on this Web site are the property of Novell or other third parties. You are not permitted to use these Marks without the prior written consent of Novell or such third party which may own the Mark. Use of Novell trademarks almost always requires written permission or a license.

For more information, read Novell's Trademark and Copyright policy.

Usability:Maybe, requires written permission, I have sent a request

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Debian Logo: Too simple, I have no idea how to use this. Is someone has Ideas on how to use it I will do the research required

Linspire Logo: From what I can tell it is mainly text sos it wouldn't really work

Mandrva Logo: I can't find the info

[bryguy]

CopyRight

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CopyRight

If you notice i am researching each logo and n each case I post what the site says about its trademarks (these logos are not copy writed they are trademarked like the names for the distros)

[t-o-m]

you do know that people sometimes get warnings for double posting right?
how many posts did you do in a row?
just edit ya posts - its a lot easier

[water_foul]

you do know that people sometimes get warnings for double posting right?
how many posts did you do in a row?
just edit ya posts - its a lot easier

well i needed to separate them so i did them in multi posts, i am editing them when I add info.

[InkL0sed]

Bryguy and tom, you guys are trying to noob-bash and failing miserably.

Bryguy -- read the frickin' thread first.

t-o-m -- double posting is not a sin, deal with it. Sometimes multiple posts are necessary.

Both of you are way too discouraging to new-comers, and are making fools of yourselves in the process.

Now, on to the map.
If you can make interesting gameplay to this, you should roll with it. As of now I have no idea as to what the gameplay will be. I think you need to get a kind of draft out, even an incredibly rough one, just to show us how you envision the map.

[water_foul]

If you can make interesting gameplay to this, you should roll with it. As of now I have no idea as to what the gameplay will be. I think you need to get a kind of draft out, even an incredibly rough one, just to show us how you envision the map.

OK I will try to do so but in the meantime can you help me figure out some of the trademark issues (specifically the ubuntu one) and please let me know if this map could be considered to be used commercially

[InkL0sed]

If you can make interesting gameplay to this, you should roll with it. As of now I have no idea as to what the gameplay will be. I think you need to get a kind of draft out, even an incredibly rough one, just to show us how you envision the map.

OK I will try to do so but in the meantime can you help me figure out some of the trademark issues (specifically the ubuntu one) and please let me know if this map could be considered to be used commercially

You seem to be pretty on top of copyright. If you find certain trademarks that you can't seem to use, I'd suggest making a similar, original one yourself. I think this map is perfectly plausible, if done well.

[gimil]

T-O-M and bryguy if your looking to be heros go doit elsewhere. Double posting isnt a crime since its being done to break up vast amounts of info. Bryguy if your going to play copyright police read full threads before running around with large formatted letters.

The noob bashing stops HERE.

[Balsiefen]

Firstly I'm afraid I have to say this doesn't really get my interest, a logo map would be very unlikely to anyway (except, this idea just came to me now, maybe you could have a map with linux battling its rivals, a sort of corprate war where you have the logos and assets of several different companies in battle, otherwise it doesn't make much sense)

Another thing I've noticed, is that the map is proberbly going to end up as a number of small continents as those logos don't look as if they're gonna split too much.

Other than that, there's not much to say untill you get an actual map up I'm afraid.

[greenoaks]

i too am struggling with what the point of the map will be.

right now all i can visualise is random images on a screen with nothing to connect them. sort of like a bowl of fruit, without the bowl.

[water_foul]

I got the Fedora Logo!

[AndyDufresne]

I think there are hundreds of more interesting map ideas waiting to be tried.


--Andy