From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Mar  7 15:56:16 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA9616A400
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed,  7 Mar 2007 15:56:16 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu)
Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C20113C428
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed,  7 Mar 2007 15:56:15 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu)
Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l27FrL9e014962;
	Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:53:21 -0500 (EST)
	(envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu)
Received: (from jerrymc@localhost)
	by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l27FrLRh014961;
	Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:53:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc)
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:53:21 -0500
From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
Message-ID: <20070307155321.GB14814@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
References: <200703051150.l25Bo00p030724@lurza.secnetix.de>
	<014301c760ce$3fb08150$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <014301c760ce$3fb08150$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i
Cc: hildebeb@mts.net, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>,
	freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, gldisater@gmail.com
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Torrent Server
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:56:16 -0000

On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 07:35:33AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Oliver Fromme" <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; <tedm@toybox.placo.com>;
> <gldisater@gmail.com>; <hildebeb@mts.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:50 AM
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Torrent Server
> 
> 
> > Sorry for the late reply, but I think this one needs a
> > correction, so others don't find wrong information in
> > the archives ...
> >
> > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >  > [...]
> >  > The FreeBSD Beastie was struck from his position as logo for FreeBSD
> >  > for some EXTREMELY minor controversy surrounding religions icons.
> >  > Well, using  a Devil image didn't pirate anyone software or break a
> law.
> >  > Yet Beastie was axed for exactly the same "guilt by association"
> reasons.
> >
> > I'm afraid that paragraph is completely wrong.  The BSD
> > daemon (sometimes called "Beastie", but that's not its
> > official name) was not "struck from his position as a
> > logo", and it was not "axed".
> >
> > The BSD daemon never was a logo of the FreeBSD project.
> > It was rather a mascot (and it still is!).
> 
> Not this again.
> 
> Before the "devil" controversy flared up, there was no usage of
> "mascot" in relation to Beastie.

Who cares!!