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| \documentclass{article} |
| \usepackage{hyperref} |
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| \title{The CentOS Motif} |
| \author{Alain Reguera Delgado} |
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| \begin{document} |
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| \maketitle |
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| \begin{abstract} |
| This manual describes the workplace, design, and rendering of CentOS |
| Artistic Motifs, both default and alternatives. |
| \end{abstract} |
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| \tableofcontents |
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| \section{Introduction} |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.}). |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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}. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Only Artistic Motifs branded as CentOS Motif, both Default and |
| Alternatives, are hosted on CentOS Artwork Repository. |
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| \section{Workplace} |
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| \begin{itemize} |
| \item SVN:trunk/Identity/Themes/\$THEME/Motif/ |
| \item SVN:trunk/Manuals/Identity/Themes/Motif/ |
| \end{itemize} |
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| \section{Design} |
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| \subsection{The CentOS Motif Brand} |
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| \subsection{Recommendations} |
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| When designing Motifs for CentOS, consider the following |
| recommendations: |
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| \begin{itemize} |
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| \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. |
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| \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. |
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| \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. |
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| \item Make your work completely vectorial. Do not add raster images |
| inside it. |
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| \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): |
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| \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} |
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| \section{Rendering} |
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| \end{document} |