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FreeBSD Foundation Logo Contest

Posted by Hemos on from the start-your-pen-about dept.

Alcachofo writes "The FreeBSD Foundation needs a logo. If you want to help, check out the details here. Start drawing, and send your entries to them."

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  1. the prize by liquidsin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fame and glory? That's lame. They should give away free copies of their OS. Now THAT would be a prize!

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    1. Re:the prize by Misch · · Score: 2

      The prize: fame and glory!

      What??? You don't even get the people's ovation forever??? <Eric Cartman> Screw this! I'm going for Iron Chef! </Eric Cartman>

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  2. What a deal! by m_evanchik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gee, "All entries become the property of the FreeBSD Foundation." That sure sounds like a sweet open-source kind of deal. You send them a picture, for their product, and they get to own it whether they use it or not!

    Excessive legalisms are a bane of existence, but so are stupid ones. I don't know the enforceability of this joke of a contest rule, since generally a contract is only valid if both parties get something of value in the deal.

    Would programmers put up with such a noxious clause regarding their software submissions to FreeBSD?

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    1. Re:What a deal! by Arandir · · Score: 3, Insightful

      That type of clause is Standard Operating Procedure for contests. Everyone from your local radio station to Publisher's Clearinghouse uses them.

      Does the copyright for your logo get transferred to them? Not automatically. That can only be done via an explicit legal document signed by you. The entries that they own are the physical media they are on. If you send them a photograph, they own the photograph. This is a Good Thing, since they don't have to ask your permission after the contest end whether or not they can dump it in the trash.

      I suspect that the submitter of the winning entry will be contacted as to transferal of copyrights, trademarks, or licensing that allows the foundation to use it for any purpose.

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    2. Re:What a deal! by kootch · · Score: 2

      so you send em a slightly chunked gif file. to be used as a logo/print letterhead and be nice and tidy, it would need to be an eps or high res. jpg.

      easy enough just not to give em that until you win.