9 Nov
2006
9 Nov
'06
8:47 p.m.
Thanks Daniel for chiming in!
Just to recap, the original cover art featured a
synthesis of Tux and
the famous portrait of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara by Alberto Korda. Reason -
both are black and white icons with three letter names. I thought it was
amusing, and only very mildly subversive. Is free software
revolutionary, in the broad sense of the word? I believe it is.
Yes, but this particular outreach component is, as you have also pointed out
below, primarily about art. Hence the dilemma.
However, some of the US-based contributors felt that
this modified image
would cause trouble for their careers, at the educational institutions
where they work. Yes, really, 45 years after the Bay of Pigs disaster.
So the image was changed but the title stayed, becoming somewhat
orphaned from the cover concept.
Point well taken. Yet, this in and of itself could've also detracted from
the core idea of the project which was and still is art.
I personally don't care what it's called -
it's the music that matters.
Ico