Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 07:42:59 +0100 From: Gary Hayers <gary@hayers.org> To: John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD logo Message-ID: <446822F3.70500@hayers.org> In-Reply-To: <20060515062923.GA33432@what-creek.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEPEFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <44680E2F.9030602@hayers.org> <20060515062923.GA33432@what-creek.com>
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John Birrell 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. Perfect, couldn't agree more. Gary
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