From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 15 06:42:42 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 1D74216A401 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 06:42:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary@hayers.org) Received: from smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C48243D48 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 06:42:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gary@hayers.org) Received: from [172.23.170.142] (helo=anti-virus02-09) by smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FfWmt-0006kY-Qp; Mon, 15 May 2006 07:42:39 +0100 Received: from [82.34.131.150] (helo=thor.hayers.net) by asmtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FfWmt-0001T4-Ar; Mon, 15 May 2006 07:42:39 +0100 Received: from [192.168.8.2] (home.hayers.net [82.34.131.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by thor.hayers.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4F6gosx004704; Mon, 15 May 2006 07:42:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gary@hayers.org) Message-ID: <446822F3.70500@hayers.org> Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 07:42:59 +0100 From: Gary Hayers User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Birrell References: <44680E2F.9030602@hayers.org> <20060515062923.GA33432@what-creek.com> In-Reply-To: <20060515062923.GA33432@what-creek.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter with Sophos (http://www.amavis.org) 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 06:42:42 -0000 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