From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 18:03:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83C1C16A5CB for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 18:03:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-0-0-cust107.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.104.168.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BEF043D45 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 18:03:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from ceri by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Fdt1P-0000ZP-Ky; Wed, 10 May 2006 19:02:51 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 19:02:51 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: cpghost Message-ID: <20060510180251.GF19173@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , cpghost , Kep Woof , questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran References: <20060510172403.GB57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> <20060510175110.GE57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060510175110.GE57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: Kep Woof , questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran Subject: Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:03:07 -0000 --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 05:51:10PM +0000, cpghost wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:40:01PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On 10/5/06 18:24, "cpghost" wrote: > >=20 > > > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:44:03PM +0000, Kep Woof wrote: > > >>> This is free software man, if you don't like it, fix it > > >>> yourself. > > >>=20 > > >> What is the procedure to fix a logo? > > >=20 > > > use send-pr(1), of course! > > >=20 > > > Since we're talking about logos: when will the next time window > > > open for a new try? I humbly suggest using 'FreeBSD' (the text, > > > no graphics) as logo. The only parameter would be choosing the > > > right distinctive font (let's call it the FreeBSD-Font) for it. > > > Was that suggested back then? We used to have a 'FreeBSD' image > > > on the old website. Perhaps that should have been used as a logo? > > > ANYTHING would have been better than that current ugly sex-toy. > >=20 > > There were tens of submissions that just had the word 'FreeBSD'. >=20 > Ah, good to know. Thank you. >=20 > > The word > > 'FreeBSD' isn't a logo, or they looked crappy, so they lost. >=20 > What about 'SONY' or 'IBM'? They are logos too. Granted, not as > long as 'FreeBSD', but a word doesn't disqualify as a logo just > because it's a word. I wouldn't sweat (or trust my memory to remember) the details. Most of them definitely said "Free BSD" though. Ceri --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEYirLocfcwTS3JF8RApIHAJwIzbTIMoeDC0U3adSDs56nt5FNowCgnVPj j1UmuCPskTrFNTSRJQLg028= =nzFD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J--