From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 15:51:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5DD716A4CE; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:51:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (external.osdn.org.ua [212.40.34.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4321143D41; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:50:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (never@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j1NFojbw064710; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:50:45 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: (from never@localhost) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j1NFojtH064707; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:50:45 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from never) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:50:44 +0200 From: Alexandr Kovalenko To: Jun Kuriyama Message-ID: <20050223155044.GE19729@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <7m1xb8p45t.wl%kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7m1xb8p45t.wl%kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.81, clamav-milter version 0.81b on kurush.osdn.org.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD logo design competition X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:51:09 -0000 [Prescriptum: sorry for the way I'm expressing my opinion.. ] Hello, Jun Kuriyama! On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 08:26:38AM +0900, you wrote: > The FreeBSD Project is pleased to announce a public competition to > design a new Project logo. Entry to the competition is open to all > individuals. > > The rules of the competition are included below. > > We look forward to receiving many varied logo designs from all > over the world! > > > Jun Kuriyama , on behalf of > The FreeBSD Core Team . > > > ============================================================ > * What is the FreeBSD Project? > > The FreeBSD Project provides a free UNIX-like operating system for the > Intel-compatible, Alpha, and SPARC platforms, based on the > industry-standard Berkeley Software Distribution. The FreeBSD Project > includes several thousand developers from dozens of countries around > the world, who funnel their work through a team of several hundred > committers. FreeBSD is available for no cost on the Internet, and as a > shrink-wrap product through many different retail vendors, listed at > www.FreeBSD.org/vendors.html. For more information, please visit > FreeBSD on the Web at www.FreeBSD.org. > > (UNIX is a trademark of The Open Group). > > The FreeBSD Project is a team of individuals from all corners of the > globe who volunteer time and expertise to develop the FreeBSD > operating system. > > FreeBSD is derived from historical BSD, the version of UNIX(tm) > developed at the University of California, Berkeley. FreeBSD is used > as a base for Apple's Mac OS X, countless high profile web servers and > backbone routers in the Internet. FreeBSD is available free of > charge, and comes with full source code and a liberal license. > > > * History > > Historically, BSD-based operating systems including FreeBSD have used > a daemon character, sometimes known as Beastie, as a mascot [1] and > combined it with the text "FreeBSD" as an informal logo. However, > FreeBSD needs a formal logo for several reasons: > > * The Beastie mascot is not unique to FreeBSD. Instead it is > a mascot for the entire collection of BSD-based operating > systems including 4BSD, NetBSD, and FreeBSD. Bulls***. FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD have (had actually, before changing to blowfish and idiotic "flag" logos) different beasties. > * The Beastie mascot has been combined with the text "FreeBSD" > in several different ways. While the various combinations > are nice, the lack of a consistent logo leaves an > unprofessional impression. The "classical" is: http://uafug.org.ua/projects/t-shirts/2002/t-shirt_front_white.jpg Redrawed version (c) UAFUG http://uafug.org.ua/~never/beastie/beastie_trans.gif (preview) http://uafug.org.ua/~never/beastie/beastie_v8.zip (AI format) with text "FreeBSD: The Power To Serve" > * The current informal logos generally do not work well in > two or three colors (such as black and white) or when scaled > to small or large sizes. These requirements are important > for use in the press. Any professional designer can make nice-looking any-number-of-colors image from vector graphics. Example: http://uafug.org.ua/projects/t-shirts/2003/design.html > Thus, the core team has decided to call for a new logo design which is > identifiable, can be used on professional products, and is very cool :-) If you want to get "professional and very cool logo", you should order it from professional designer, not an amateur for $500 being unsure if his/her design will win the contest. > Please note that the new logo will not replace the existing mascot. > Beastie is here to stay as our mascot. > > [1] http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/daemon.html > > > * Rules > > Purpose > The main logo symbol for the FreeBSD Project, which will be > used for the web site, software media labels, printed matter, > hardware equipment and so on. This list is not exhaustive. > > Guidance > * The logo must be identifiable directly to the Project. Do not know any other logo which will be "identifiable directly to the Project", except for Beastie. > * The logo must be original work of the submitter. > * The logo should be vector graphics, not a bitmap image. > * The logo should be usable in monochrome and color media, > including limited colors (say 2 or 3 colors). > * The logo must not exploit or offend anyone's sex, race, > religion, morality, culture, nor be salacious or > pornographic. If some people find FreeBSD logo offending because they are christians - they are also (sorry) very unclever persons, who cannot find difference between "demon" and "daemon". I think we are not interested in that kind of people. > * The logo must work well with the Beastie mascot so that > people are free to put the two images together when > desirable. Beastie work well with Beastie. > * The logo should convey attributes of the FreeBSD operating > system such as high performance (i.e. fast), reliability, > etc. We should take schematic drawing of McLaren F1, right? > Submission deadline > 31 May 2005 23:59:59 (UTC) > > Participation > The competition is open to all designers, both professional > and non-professional. Participation can only take place in a > private personal capacity. > > Prize > $500.00 > > Submission format > Each submission should include the following information and > should be sent to : > > * High resolution print-ready scalable vector format such as > portable EPS, SVG or Adobe Illustrator AI. > * JPEG or PNG thumbnail with a resolution of 640 x 480. > * Design concept / description. > * Submitter's full name, email address. > > Copyright assignment > The FreeBSD Foundation will acquire ownership of the winning > logo by assignment of copyright, and the winning designer will > disclaim any trademarks and without limitation all other > rights related to the design (paperwork will be required). > > By submitting a logo for entry in the competition, the > designer acknowledges that he/she is the person that made the > logo and is its rightful owner. > > The designer also certifies that the logo does not infringe > upon the rights of any third party and that it does not > violate any copyright. > > Compensation > * Designs will not be returned to the designers. > * No responsibility can be accepted for entries that are lost, > delayed or damaged. > * Any submissions which does not satisfy the above "submission > format" will be ignored without any warning. > > Latest information > http://logo-contest.FreeBSD.org/ > > If you have a question about this competition, please drop us > a note at the logo-contest@FreeBSD.org email address. We will > put questions and answers at the site above. -- NEVE-RIPE, will build world for food Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/