Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 08:39:25 -0700 From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com> To: Alexander Pohoyda <alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advocacy opportunity in XFree86/xdm/xlogin Message-ID: <200306021539.h52FdPwQ004201@beastie.mckusick.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 31 May 2003 23:17:50 %2B0200." <200305312117.h4VLHoU9000260@oak.pohoyda.family>
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I prefer the use of http://www.alexander-pohoyda.privat.t-online.de/etc/badge.xpm over this one (ugly green) http://www.alexander-pohoyda.privat.t-online.de/etc/beastie.xpm I prefer that the BSD Daemon be used in the context of BSD software. Clearly your proposed usage qualifies. I request that you include my copyright somewhere (it need not be displayed, but needs to be someplace that an interested party can find it). Marshall Kirk McKusick =-=-=-=-=-= Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 23:17:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander Pohoyda <alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net> To: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> CC: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, mckusick@mckusick.com In-reply-to: <20030531215958.U591@korben.in.tern> (message from Lukas Ertl on Sat, 31 May 2003 22:01:54 +0200 (CEST)) Subject: Re: Advocacy opportunity in XFree86/xdm/xlogin X-ASK-Info: Confirmed by User > From: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> > On Sat, 31 May 2003, Alexander Pohoyda wrote: > > I have found a suitable Beastie picture on FreeBSD.org site, and > > edited it a bit, to make it fit xlogin application. > > xlogin is used by xdm, as you well know. > > By default, XFree86 globe picture is displayed, and I thought that it > > would be a good advocacy to display our own logo there. > > > > You can see it here: > > http://www.alexander-pohoyda.privat.t-online.de/etc/badge.png > > and XPM file for the X: > > http://www.alexander-pohoyda.privat.t-online.de/etc/badge.xpm > > /usr/ports/x11/wdm already comes with a beastie image as default pic (I > guess it's taken from the daemon in /usr/share/examples/BSD_daemon/.) Well, but wdm is not installed by default, and I have never heard of it before. I would consider it a failed advocacy effort :-) I have just installed that port on 4.8-STABLE, and got an ugly Penguin face on my screen!! Thanks, but even XFree86 globe is better for me. After that I had a look at the Beastie pixmap provided by the wdm port. Well.... I fully admit that the one I proposed before is far from perfection, but it looks much better anyway. And, BTW, I deinstalled wdm port. That's not something I want to have on my machine. I hope that Marshall Kirk McKusick will give us the permission to use the picture in this case. Please compare: http://www.alexander-pohoyda.privat.t-online.de/etc/beastie.xpm and http://www.alexander-pohoyda.privat.t-online.de/etc/badge.xpm Let's promote the BSD style wherever that is possible! -- Alexander Pohoyda <alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net> P.S. Still not response from maintainers.
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