designers August 2013

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"Freedom not included" sticker drafts
by Sam Tuke 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

See attached (gallery.png). The idea is that we print these in large numbers, distrubite them with other campaign materials to universities etc., and encourage people to label restrictive products with them. This included blu-ray movies, flat screen tvs, proprietary software, camcorders with proprietary codecs, etc., etc,. Its important that they aren't too obvious, in my view, so that people can at least manage to sticker plenty of products before being detected. Ideally the stickers would be noticed by shoppers, but not by shop staff, and so remain on display for many days. Thoughts? Both files should be in the tdwyt git repo shortly. Designers@: This relates to our They Dont Want You To campaign (http://theydontwantyou.to). This is aimed at students and should be launched later this year. Best, Sam. -- Sam Tuke Campaign Manager Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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Re: [Tdwyt] Postcards
by Sam Tuke 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 26/08/13 01:27, Chris Hayes wrote: > Which postcard designs are we most interested to use, and would anyone like > any help designing / starting / finishing these? Did my comments below make sense to you? On 05/08/13 13:31, Sam Tuke wrote: > On 08/07/13 20:06, Chris Hayes wrote: >> Saying this, I am curious as to whether or not there's a semantic >> connection between this postcard and the subject of repression > > I think the idea behind the "freedom springs" card was that it serves as a > metaphor for lifestyle free of restrictions, and its something that you, > the viewer can attain. > > "Freedom Springs - wish you were here!". The message would indicate a > happy efficient life that you can achieve when you use only tech that is > free of anti-features. > > Because the message is subtle and not obvious from the card itself it > would encourage the viewer to pick it up and look at it to discover its > real message, and on the back would be details of technical restrictions > and alternatives. > > There could be an Ipod buried in the sand of the beach depicted in > "Freedom springs". Because its a beach scene, it would make a nice postcard > of itself, without the association. I think it would be a clever and > attractive way of communicating our message that digital restrictions > aren't necessary, and to invite the public to free themselves. I still feel that the Freedom Springs idea is the best for the postcard that we will print. The vintage postcards will work well digitally (and carry less copyright-related risk that way). Perhaps some items in the picture could be blurred with green binary, like a skeleton hinting at the digital nature of the message, sort of appearing like the beach was on a holodeck. Just a pleasant, attractively illustrated beach scene with little or no tech at all, perhaps some people lounging on a beach, would be enough to convey the message. This is a good place. You want to be here. How relaxing it is to live without digital restrictions! Apart from (hopefully surmountable) translation issues, I think that the metaphor will be clear enough once they turn it over, and the picture itself interesting / unusual enough to get their attention. There would be no overt product advertising, like most of the other postcards on the stands we intend to put these on. And if someone receives one of these cards in the post, just the fact it's addressed to them would lead them to investigate what it motive is. If I'm making sense and you like the idea, you could have a go at illustrating the scene :) Sam. - -- Sam Tuke Campaign Manager Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlIc8Y0ACgkQ1bR1Itj7YQXWUAD6AqX0aMWeNZ5YoIQgp+C9cmY1 n+PJXuNh5OBSbc7W7SEBAKuNk+IzTzrdzXlp5n525qVlTcnn4NcgqFg8KWcr3Voz =7HQq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Tdwyt] Hayes is
by Sam Tuke 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 18/08/13 14:17, Chris Hayes wrote: > just sending a quick e-mail to let you all know that I've been completely > tied up with work for the last few weeks, but that should over soon and > I'll be contributing again early this week. Thanks for the update! I was looking into fonts for the stickers today and so far made no real progress. Anna found that Helvetica Compressed and Garage Gothic are potential alternatives, but both of those appear to be proprietary too (though that's hard to confirm given the conflicting info about them). I tweeted Compacta's creator, '@Cyberela', asking for license clarification; so far no response. I like Compacta so much, it just looks perfect, so I hope we can find something more similar to it. Oswald is OK, but not as reminiscent of the original "Explicit lyrics" mark in my opinion. Best, Sam. - -- Sam Tuke Campaign Manager Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF0EAREIAAYFAlISSQUACgkQ1bR1Itj7YQUF9wEAm92dhP6ttWtNsSsABiCLRP3k wCot35bttJlyhA2DphsA+Ns452rzNLg7FxOmSeIMy/s7plCtgcBFB+oQG/j+h9w= =A3/z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Compacta font license
by Sam Tuke 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi Cyberella, I love your compacta font, and would like to use it for some stickers as part of a campaign for restriction-free technology. I want to be sure of the font license before we use your awesome work however - - I know your site footer says that fonts are free to use, but do you use a particular license? I only like using fonts that other people can use too, and I'm not sure if the sentence about being free of charge is an informal thing, or whether it's meant to offer real legal rights for the fonts use. We'd really appreciate it if you could clarify :) Sam. - -- Sam Tuke Campaign Manager Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF0EAREIAAYFAlIXfPgACgkQ1bR1Itj7YQVZKwD+NvyzXvxfRks9tiYeoymJpwlT HyMg/BCL+x+My5HOXacA+IaVTCreN9h8aFtAm6YDGmJhxXZyJdomGAYSD/92Ge0= =b4e4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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postcard idea
by Anna F J Morris 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hi, on the subject of postcards for tdwyt for putting in bars, cinemas and student unions. Attached is an idea for a style. It is based on the 30's and art deco day trip and holiday post cards. Also, I have the font for the strap line text in my head but I cant find it right now so I used one that was very roughly similar. The one I am looking for is more legible and curvier - slightly 80's, I think maybe it also comes in a version with a maths paper type background?? Anyone remember what that font is? Anyway, what to you think of the idea? A x

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