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\title{The CentOS Motif}

\author{Alain Reguera Delgado}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{abstract}

This manual describes the workplace, design, and rendering of CentOS

Artistic Motifs, both default and alternatives.

\end{abstract}

\tableofcontents

\section{Introduction}

The CentOS Artistic Motif is an image used to enforce the CentOS

Project Visual Identity. The Artistic Motif is a pattern design used

to define the CentOS Visual Style.

Due to our Monolithic Visual Structure, the CentOS Project's Visual

Identity is attached to one unique Visual Style, that is the CentOS

Default Visual Style. CentOS Default Visual Style is based on one

unique CentOS Artistic Motif, that is the CentOS Default Artistic

Motif.

Changing the CentOS Default Visual Style is not very convenient

because that affects the ``recognition'' of CentOS Project.

Nevertheless, we want to see what do you have.  Specially if your work

is an improvement to the base idea of CentOS Default Visual Style

(\emph{\textbf{Modern}, squares and circles flowing up.}).

Additionally to the CentOS Default Artistic Motif, there are CentOS

Alternative Motifs.  CentOS Alternative Motifs may or may not be

related with the current CentOS Default Artistic Motif.  CentOS

Alternative Motfis are an space for new art creation, for designing

new and completely exiting artistic ideas.  This place doesn't pretend

to replace sites like devianart.org, but to collect Artistic Motifs

focused on The CentOS Project and what it is.

If you are not happy with the actual CentOS Default Artistic Motif,

you can look inside CentOS Alternative Motifs and if someone is

interesting enough you can download it from the CentOS Artwork

Repository and test it. If it turns popular enough it has posibilities

of become the CentOS Default Artistic Motif and by extension the

CentOS Default Visual Style.

If you are not happy with CentOS Alternative Motifs either, then go an

design your own CentOS Alternative Artistic Moif and propose it in

\href{mailto:centos-devel@centos.org}{centos-devel@centos.org}.

CentOS Default Artistic Motif and CentOS Alternative Motifs are

maintain by CentOS Community People. Generally, one person proposes

the first idea, later others join the effort to make that idea better.

The first person who proposes the idea is known as the Motif Author

and is she/he who owns the copyright of that work. People joinning the

effort are known as Motif Contributors. 

The CentOS Project is using the Creative Common Share-Alike

License\footnote{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/} in

both CentOS Default Artistic Motif and CentOS Alternative Motifs. This

is, in order to brand an Artistic Motif as CentOS Motif, her/his

author should release her/his work under the previously mentioned

license. 

Only Artistic Motifs branded as CentOS Motif, both Default and

Alternatives, are hosted on CentOS Artwork Repository.

\section{Workplace}

\begin{itemize}

\item SVN:trunk/Identity/Themes/\$THEME/Motif/

\item SVN:trunk/Manuals/Identity/Themes/Motif/

\end{itemize}

\section{Design}

\subsection{The CentOS Motif Brand}

\subsection{Recommendations}

When designing Motifs for CentOS, consider the following

recommendations:

\begin{itemize}

\item Give a unique (case-sensitive) name to your Motif. This name is

used as value wherever \$THEME variable is. Optionally, you can add a

description about inspiration and concepts behind your work.

\item Use the location SVN:trunk/Identity/Themes/\$THEME/Motif/ to

store your work. If it doesn't exist create it. Note that this require

you to have previous commit access in CentOS Artwork Repository.

\item Use the CentOS Default Artistic Motif's Palette as base to your

work. CentOS Palette is available at

SVN:trunk/Identity/Themes/Modern/Palettes/Default.gpl.

\item Make your work completely vectorial. Do not add raster images

inside it.

\item Feel free to make your art enterprise-level and beautiful.

\item Add the following information on your artwork (both in a visible

design area, and inside inkscape document metadata section wherever it

be possible):

\begin{itemize}

\item The CentOS Motif Brand.

\item The name of your artistic motif.

\item The copyright sentence: \texttt{Copyright (C) YEAR YOURNAME}

\item The license under which the work is released. 

\end{itemize}

\end{itemize}

\section{Rendering}

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