Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 19:02:51 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: Kep Woof <kep.woof@gmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Subject: Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060510180251.GF19173@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20060510175110.GE57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <20060510172403.GB57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> <C087E401.DB8B%ceri@submonkey.net> <20060510175110.GE57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net>
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On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 05:51:10PM +0000, cpghost wrote:
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:40:01PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > On 10/5/06 18:24, "cpghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote:
> >=20
> > > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:44:03PM +0000, Kep Woof wrote:
> > >>> This is free software man, if you don't like it, fix it
> > >>> yourself.
> > >>=20
> > >> What is the procedure to fix a logo?
> > >=20
> > > use send-pr(1), of course!
> > >=20
> > > Since we're talking about logos: when will the next time window
> > > open for a new try? I humbly suggest using 'FreeBSD' (the text,
> > > no graphics) as logo. The only parameter would be choosing the
> > > right distinctive font (let's call it the FreeBSD-Font) for it.
> > > Was that suggested back then? We used to have a 'FreeBSD' image
> > > on the old website. Perhaps that should have been used as a logo?
> > > ANYTHING would have been better than that current ugly sex-toy.
> >=20
> > There were tens of submissions that just had the word 'FreeBSD'.
>=20
> Ah, good to know. Thank you.
>=20
> > The word
> > 'FreeBSD' isn't a logo, or they looked crappy, so they lost.
>=20
> What about 'SONY' or 'IBM'? They are logos too. Granted, not as
> long as 'FreeBSD', but a word doesn't disqualify as a logo just
> because it's a word.
I wouldn't sweat (or trust my memory to remember) the details. Most of
them definitely said "Free BSD" though.
Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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