In a message of Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:32:07 EDT, Khalid Shahin writes:

I'm asking someone on the inside and I hope I got the right email address since this is the only one I could find.

The current PyPy logo seems kind of plain. And Ouroboros is a symbol of snake biting its tail and represents a cycle, a re-creation of itself, or a self-reference. Which would fit nicely in the PyPy logo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros

If you like the idea I can create concept art for it.

Art is always nice, and of course the snake biting its own tail is appropriate. When python.org was looking for a new logo, Tim Parkin produced one I liked very much which was of a snake eating its own tail surrounding a globe. He has said that we were free to use it for PyPy at any time. I've thought about it many times. It certainly would be prettier than what we have now. The problem is that pypy-dev seems to be split between people who don't care all that much about art, and those who care so very, very, very much that they think that every artistic decision is worth an enormous amount of effort and consideration. I am in the last group. For the sake of ever having enough time to actually create things, I have to severely limit my involvement in the critcism of other people's art, which is something I can easily spend my whole life at. And there are so many other things that need doing ... So, speaking just for me, I would be happy to see new art, but I think that the 'design of the perfect PyPy logo' has the potential to be an infinite time sink for me, and I am scared of that prospect. On the other hand, I think that sending you off with the rule 'please make new art, but be prepared to be ignored' is particularly uncivil. I fear that this is all we can promise now. But this is only me, speaking for me here... take care, Laura Creighton