Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:14:15 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> To: Chris Zumbrunn <chris@czv.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... Message-ID: <420E9BD7.7070008@401.cx> In-Reply-To: <5d2c5b3fc02d9bce6613216cb03ecb54@czv.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEGHFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com><420E5604.9040401@401.cx><8c411210ef532a4d2d5fd69636632809@czv.com> <420E62DB.5050006@401.cx> <0892bf6a3cf2d8092e296157bbcb6148@czv.com> <5d2c5b3fc02d9bce6613216cb03ecb54@czv.com>
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Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > On Feb 12, 2005, at 10:12 PM, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > >> Look at linux, everyone knows the linux penguin, but that doesnt stop >> RedHat, Caldera, Debian etc from having professional looking logos. > > They are all separate entities from Linux. They are independent > companies that offer distributions. They are not Linux - so they can not > claim the Linux logo for themselves. On the other hand, FreeBSD is > FreeBSD and should use the FreeBSD logo: Beastie. In that case, I must argue that the use of the daemon predates FreeBSD by far, and can be seen as a logo for the BSD family as a whole, not to say UNIX as a whole. FreeBSD is not BSD nor UNIX - so it can not claim the Beastie logo for itselves. However, I do not object to somehow incorporate Beastie in the logo to show our heritage. > If Beastie is more representative of the project and its product than > its name, why should we reduce Beastie to a stuffed animal if we can > have Beastie as our logo. If we could rename the entire project to > "Beastie", we probably should ;-) I would not use the word "representative" as I think that is one of the problems with the current logo. It is widely *associated* with BSD, but I would not say that its very *representative* for BSD. A cutting edge operating system like freebsd should have a logo that shows this, not something that makes it look like a toy for teenage hackers. -- R
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