[coreboot] New flashrom logo

[Stefan Tauner]

Hello,

we have used two logos in the past for flashrom. The one most are
familiar with is actually a generic icon stemming from coreboot's
"Related Tools" section, i.e.:
http://www.coreboot.org/images/a/ae/Chip_tools.png
This is not only set up as the "Mediawiki" icon on flashrom.org but is
also used on our Twitter account and other sites like openhub
(https://www.openhub.net/p/flashrom)

The second logo was specifically designed for this purpose and was used
at various occasions in presentation slides and on marketing materials
(e.g. posters). Namely
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PTt3TWYKjnQ/TI_oZ3cqvaI/AAAAAAAAALY/eLvM6K16Glw/s400/logo9white.png
(the one described as "Different style of bolt" on
http://kmacphail.blogspot.de/2010/09/flashrom-logos.html)
I think that one is way lesser known since even I was not really aware
about the fact that it kind of the "official" logo at the moment.


I am not too happy with either. The hammer logo has grown dear to me...
the hammer perfectly symbolizes the force we have to exert to get some
systems to work and the logo as such is very recognizable. But... I
only have it in very low quality... is there a better source for it?
It also does not represent our generally gentle and cautious approach
when dealing with hardware and our focus on stability.

The DIP logo on the other hand is available in SVG (at least
Carl-Daniel has it AFAIK), but it looks a bit inanimate. The major
problems I have with it are that it is not even nearly rectangular and
it is very complex. There is the text with the lightning bolt replacing
the h character and the DIP32 chip. Both is ok for posters and other
big displays but sucks for other uses where simple, rectangular icons
are required.

I have spent the last weekend with playing around with Blender and its
freestyle renderer that is able to output SVG directly. I have managed
to render a 3D model of a SOIC8 chip that way as a base for a possible
new logo. It required some cleanup afterwards but it looks way better
than everything I could draw by hand ;)

I have made two logos that I think are worth sharing. They are quite
similar and the only major difference is the orientation of the chip...
I have created 3 versions of each: one fully colored, one with outlines
only and a two-colored simple version (e.g. for PCB silkscreens). I
have attached the Inkscape SVGs as well as 96 pixel-wide PNG exports. I
have not decided on an appropriate license... probably something
similar to how the coreboot hare is licensed.

What do you think about my suggestions and the whole matter? I would
love to see proposals for alternatives as well!
-- 
Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner
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