From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 24 15:52:43 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id PAA24971 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:52:43 -0800 Received: from ns1.win.net (ns1.win.net [204.215.209.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA24965 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:52:41 -0800 Received: (from bugs@localhost) by ns1.win.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) id SAA26421 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 18:53:58 -0500 From: Mark Hittinger Message-Id: <199503242353.SAA26421@ns1.win.net> Subject: Re: A "FreeBSD" Daemon (fwd) To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 18:53:57 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 948 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I think that, with a little work, the "Free" in "FreeBSD" can either > gain brand-name status or become synonymous with a different > connotation of "free", that meaning openness (REAL openness, not the > ersatz openness of most OpenThis and OpenThat standards), freedom to > develop it, freedom to share the work with many external developers > which may constitute a serious part of your business development > resource, etc. I would say this is the way to go with your visual logo as well. You want to convey the 'right' definition of "Free". Have the daemon leaving some broken shackles behind. The daemon unlocks his ankle shackle with a key that has "freebsd" written on it. The daemon has sawed through the bars of his jail cell and next to him you can see a cake with "Happy Birthday FreeBSD" written on it. You get the idea. Beaches, sailboats, and hot air baloons also connotate freedom. Regards, Mark Hittinger bugs@win.net