From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 15 06:29:25 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 1B19016A403 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 06:29:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jb@what-creek.com) Received: from what-creek.com (what-creek.com [66.111.37.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB51943D48 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 06:29:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jb@what-creek.com) Received: by what-creek.com (Postfix, from userid 102) id EAA4378C1D; Mon, 15 May 2006 06:29:23 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 06:29:23 +0000 From: John Birrell To: Gary Hayers Message-ID: <20060515062923.GA33432@what-creek.com> References: <44680E2F.9030602@hayers.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44680E2F.9030602@hayers.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD logo 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: Mon, 15 May 2006 06:29:25 -0000 On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 06:14:23AM +0100, Gary Hayers wrote: > Quite frankly > it is of no importance as the community were not the ones with a say > about it, the FreeBSD management were and they did. The new logo was selected using a democratic vote of people who have commit privileges to the various parts of FreeBSD. This was conducted many, many months ago. There were legal issues that needed to be resolved by the FreeBSD Foundation before the logo could be used. That work is now complete and so you get to see the new logo. Those people who want to influence decisions like the selection of a new logo really only have _one_ way to have a say. Ranting on a mailing list is *not* that way. If you contribute to FreeBSD and earn the right to a commit bit, then you get a chance to vote on who becomes a member of the core group and things like the selection of a new logo. When you refer to the "FreeBSD management" you are really referring to the people who have been elected as members of the core group. They work to guide the project, but when it comes to things like a new logo, that decision is made by the people who have the right to change parts of FreeBSD. So people can "huff and puff and try to blow the house down" in this thread, but the only thing that makes any difference is what the people who have earned a vote think. -- John Birrell