Ruby Visual Identity Team (URL:http://rubyidentity.org/) did great
works to
improve the online presence of Ruby, and as a result, the Ruby logo kit
( URL:http://rubyidentity.org/ruby-logo-kit.zip) is avaiable now. But
it’s not
well known as a logo that represent the programming language Ruby
itself.
We need an official Ruby logo to promote Ruby, so we open a contest to
select
it.
Please mail your logo to ruby-logo(at)ruby-lang.org. You should include
the
following information to it.
your full name
your e-mail address
Entries should be submitted in both a vector and raster format.
acceptable vector formats
+ Encupsulated PostScript (.eps)
+ Adobe Illustrator (.ai)
acceptable raster formats (no larger than 200 x 200 pixels)
+ Portable Network Graphics (.png)
+ Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
+ Joint Photographic Experts Group (*.jpg)
Fonts should be embedded into the image file. If you want to create
images in
other formats, please contact ruby-logo(at)ruby-assn.org.
Deadline
Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Winner Selection
Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto (the chairman of the Ruby Association) will
select
the winner.
Awards
We will present a winner plate and 100,000 yen to the winner.
Copyright
The winner should assign the copyright of the logo to the Ruby
Association. The
logo will be licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
license ( URL:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
works both with and without text `Ruby’ (can be ignored if the
following information to it.
Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
Copyright
The winner should assign the copyright of the logo to the Ruby
Association. The
logo will be licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
license ( URL:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).