From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 14 05:06:57 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 76BE516A4CE; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:06:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from softweyr.homeunix.net (cpe-66-75-60-23.san.rr.com [66.75.60.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC77543D39; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:06:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from [204.68.178.187] ([204.68.178.187]) (authenticated bits=0)j1E56rA0039903 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:06:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) In-Reply-To: <420AD377.40501@pacific.net.sg> References: <20050209212950.50123.qmail@web53902.mail.yahoo.com> <420AD377.40501@pacific.net.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <6bd60dab16fe6a124e4bfc590dec4dbe@softweyr.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Wes Peters Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:06:40 -0800 To: Erich Dollansky X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: core@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: kuriyama@freebsd.org cc: stheg olloydson Subject: Re: 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: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:06:57 -0000 On Feb 9, 2005, at 7:22 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > stheg olloydson wrote: > >> Any communications should come from someone with an easy-to-pronounce >> northern European surname (but not French) and, if at all possible, a >> first name that sounds American. > > Can I suggest Mark from a lovely town in Austria? > > www.fucking.at > > This is the next kind of problems FreeBSD could face. Using words > which have a very different meaning in some other language. > > I think it is absolutely not possible to cater for all those things. > > Just leave the logo as it is. That's just the point -- we don't HAVE a logo. We (the FreeBSD Project) have never HAD a logo. Walnut Creek had a few, printed on stickers, that featured FreeBSD (a trademark now owned by the FreeBSD Foundation) and the MASCOT (copyright Kirk McKusick, used by permission). We NEED a logo that reflects what FreeBSD is. The logo needs to convey what FreeBSD is (a computer operating system; fast, stable, secure, etc) in a way that speaks to people of many cultures and can be represented in a number of forms. Ideally, it will print nicely in magazines, on computer case badges, laptop stickers, bumper stickers, beer glasses, coffee mugs, and t-shirts, as well as stitched onto baseball caps, backpacks, and shirts. We're still firming up exactly how the contest will be decided. What every- one has been flying off the handle about was a pre-release of the competition that was likely leaked to slashdot by some charlatan who can't keep private communications private. The logo will (like all important decisions about FreeBSD) be decided by the committers, the people who have contributed their time, effort, and energy to the project, because they are the ones who have the most riding on it. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com