Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:14:53 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: cpghost@cordula.ws Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! Message-ID: <86d5v7npya.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20050209202922.GA18393@fw.farid-hajji.net> (cpghost@cordula.ws's message of "Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:29:22 %2B0100") References: <e6575a3050209103214480161@mail.gmail.com> <420A6465.30402@sbcglobal.net> <20050209202922.GA18393@fw.farid-hajji.net>
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cpghost@cordula.ws writes: > Imagine Linux dropping Tux for some meanlingless, lifeless logo? I'm glad you asked. Tux is a mascot, not a logo. These are Linux logos: http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topiccaldera.gif http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicdebian.gif http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicmandrake.gif http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicredhat.gif http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicsuse.gif http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicturbolinux.gif The image that is sometimes used as an all-round Linux logo is not "just Tux", but rather a particular representation of Tux in combination with a logotype and an orange splash. The author of that logo is clearly aware of the distinction between a logo and a mascot: http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/logo/ Likewise, Beastie is a mascot, not a logo. In fact, it fails the primary and most important test of logoness: it is not exclusive to the FreeBSD project, but is shared by all BSD projects. It also fails several other important tests of logoness: it is not under the FreeBSD project's direct control (our use of it is subject to the whim and mercy of Kirk McKusick); it is not a registered trademark; it is probably too diluted already to even be eligible to be registered as a trademark. This does not even begin to consider the technical aspects (ease of reproduction, scalability, representability in monochrome, recognizability under different and sometimes difficult conditions, etc.) Here's a page (a NetBSD logo contest entry) which addresses many of these concerns, and coincidentally underlines my point about the daemon not being exclusive to FreeBSD: http://homepage.mac.com/codesamurai/netbsd-logo-entry/ (this is so good I'm surprised NetBSD didn't adopt it, and I'd love to see it submitted to the FreeBSD logo contest) DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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