<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-75e5ef9f-7c2e-8199-5565-3180c952b539"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">OSAS is in the process of creating a Community <span class="">Branding</span> <span class="">Book</span>, similar to the Red Hat <span class="">Branding</span> <span class="">Book</span> used by Red Hat's Marketing. This publication will be hosted on the Community site (<a href="http://community.redhat.com">community.redhat.com</a>) as a PDF and a page, sectioned off by project, so each project is free to take the content and host it wherever they want.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">For Fedora, I would like the marketing team to examine the messaging portion of the <span class="">book</span> (excerpted below) and confirm Fedora is properly presented. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></p><div style="font-size:12.8px">This content is presented in a very specific way, with what Fedora does, how it works with other OSAS projects, and then in discrete 25-, 50-, and 100-word briefs.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Please review ASAP and let me know what, if any, changes you might have.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">BKP</div><div><br></div><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:21.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Fedora</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What it does in simple terms</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="docs-internal-guid-75e5ef9f-7c30-ec70-84c9-df0264fa5c5f"><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Fedora Project is a community project that leads the advancement of free and open source software and content. The Fedora community produces and releases a complete Linux-based operating system. This distribution incorporates leading-edge technologies that are built by Free software developers around the globe. The Fedora project contributes everything it builds back to the Free and open source world, and anyone can participate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How it works with other community projects</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Innovation through Fedora often forms the basis for many Red Hat open source projects, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Project Atomic.</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Fedora is highly adaptive and it involved in the development stage of nearly every Red Hat-sponsored open source project.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Elevator pitches</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">25 words</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Fedora Project is a free and open source software community project that produces a complete Linux-based operating system ready for cloud, server, or workstation.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">50 words</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Fedora Project is a Free and open source software community project that produces a complete Linux-based operating system ready for cloud instances, server platforms, or workstation environments. This distribution incorporates leading-edge technologies built by free software developers and serves as the basis for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">100 words</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Fedora Project is a vibrant community project that leads the advancement of free and open source software and content. The Fedora community produces a complete Linux-based operating system every six months that is ready for cloud instances, server platforms, or workstation environments. The Fedora distribution incorporates leading-edge technologies built by free software developers around the world. Innovation through Fedora often forms the basis for many Red Hat open source projects, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Project Atomic. The Fedora Project contributes everything it builds back to the free and open source world, and anyone can participate.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Brian Proffitt<div>Principal Community Analyst</div><div>Open Source and Standards</div><div>@TheTechScribe</div><div>574.383.9BKP</div></div></div>
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