tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post110804690646853044..comments2023-10-16T06:06:25.012-04:00Comments on TaoSecurity Blog: Save the FreeBSD Mascot and Create a LogoRichard Bejtlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1108730151609804532005-02-18T07:35:00.000-05:002005-02-18T07:35:00.000-05:00Kon,
The draft announcement you reproduce does no...Kon,<br /><br />The draft announcement you reproduce does not reflect the FreeBSD Core team's position. It was a <I>draft</I> written by a non-native English speaker, e.g. "And this daemon character seems cute from somebody's point of view, but somebody may think which does not suit for the professional products to indicate that are using the FreeBSD inside." This is clearly a raw document, written by one person, that was not meant to be publicized as representing the Core team's position. You are tilting at windmills.<br /><br />The only official word on the subject is on the current <A HREF="http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/" REL="nofollow">site</A>: "This is the future site for the FreeBSD logo competition which is meant to create a new <I>logo</I> for the FreeBSD Project to <I>supplement</I> the current <I>Beastie mascot</I>." (emphasis added) In plain English: Beastie does not need to be "saved" since he's not going anywhere.<br /><br />After reading most of the postings to <A HREF="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/" REL="nofollow">freebsd-advocacy</A> and elsewhere, it is clear that your position, that of your petition signers, and that of other "save Beastie!" advocates is this: the only <I>symbol</I> you want to associate with FreeBSD is Beastie. You don't care about any of the arguments regarding copyright, difficulty of reproduction, political or religious sensitivities, sharing of the mascot with other projects, professionalism, etc. You don't care about the difference between a logo and a mascot, and you don't care that the Core team has said no one is trying to remove Beastie's association with FreeBSD. You don't want to support giving FreeBSD users an alternative graphical means to represent the project, period.<br /><br />There is no place to take this discussion. I will delete all future replies. Please take your arguments to freebsd-advocacy.Richard Bejtlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1108638594814651252005-02-17T06:09:00.000-05:002005-02-17T06:09:00.000-05:00Hi Kon,
You are certainly entitled to your opinio...Hi Kon,<br /><br />You are certainly entitled to your opinion, as are the people who are signing your petition. Unfortunately, a good number of those signers believe that the FreeBSD project intends to remove Beastie as the mascot, thanks to your request to "send a message to the FreeBSD Project administrators that they keep our mascot."<br /><br />You spread more FUD by saying blaming the "whims of a few selfish people with vested religious interests." Where is your proof?<br /><br />People who want to associate Beastie with FreeBSD will <I>still be able to do so</I>. There is no replacement occurring. There is an <I>addition</I> taking place -- the creation of a logo to <I>complement</I> the Beastie mascot. People will have a choice to promote FreeBSD with any combination of the following:<br /><br />1. FreeBSD's new logo<br />2. FreeBSD's old mascot<br />3. FreeBSD's new logo and old mascot<br /><br />How is this bad, or why does it require you to "Help Save the FreeBSD Mascot?"<br /><br />"2000+ people" can be easily misinformed if they do not pay attention to what is happening.Richard Bejtlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.com