From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Oct 24 07:07:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA13853 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 07:07:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bytor.rush.net (bytor.rush.net [209.45.245.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA13845 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 07:07:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Received: from localhost (lynch@localhost) by bytor.rush.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA04815; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 10:06:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Pat Lynch To: Greg Lehey cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , FreeBSD Chat , Kirk McKusick Subject: Re: http://www.performance-computing.com/features/9810of1.shtml In-Reply-To: <19981024180607.A28824@freebie.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Also , it seems the introduction on the "Features page" relies upon this graphic : "Linux might get all the hype, but it's not the only free UNIX. It might not even be the best. This online-only feature helps you get to the bottom of FreeBSD, so it's not just the penguin getting the point." ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 24 October 1998 at 1:27:11 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > Hmmmm. It's sort of too bad that you didn't take my edits back for > > the article which was eventually published, but the artwork you used > > to accompany it is an outright disaster. I'm all for competetive > > comparisions with Linux or I wouldn't have written the article in the > > first place, but showing a daemon outright skewering a penguin with > > his pitchfork only incites the basest of emotions in many readers and > > casts doubt over the entire article. If the author is willing to > > stoop to cheap tactics like going after the opposition's mascot, the > > logic goes, then the content must not be any better. > > > > Furthermore, you never gave me any inkling that such artwork might be > > used and I would never have approved or submitted the article for > > publication had I known you had something like this in mind. Not only > > is it incompatible with my goals for FreeBSD evangelism, but such use > > is also specifically prohibited by the trademark holder for the daemon > > image, Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick (cc'd). > > Agreed in all points. > > > Don't get me wrong - I've got as good a sense of humor as the next > > person and would probably have laughed had someone shown me such an > > image in private, but for a public article like this it's simply > > inappropriate in the extreme and I would greatly appreciate another, > > less potentially offensive, graphic in its place. > > I think you're probably saying what I would "please get rid of that > image, it's not too late", but the wording is not that strong. I > think it should be. Maybe Kirk can send them a message saying "please > remove, this infringes copyright". > > Nice article, BTW. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNjHezsGd9jPuKvqVAQHjEwP+K6P9XtxXJWUdurQusEQxInKHpUWPlwJC KnNeD+E1kMRNX0ZoYaARnO9IbGa5hPrJGb81cPx1pQ2IKIEZuF7bWCAhuXbzZn/f XzKkGpzyTixS/CglCtDsQN+u6tS/r64zY+08+ypQ2ibHgCjBzoBujx45+EiHTlLL fDNa7WyB86o= =Qy9N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message