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FreeBSD Announces Contest To Replace Daemon Logo

Posted by timothy on from the but-the-daemon-rocks dept.

An anonymous reader submits "The FreeBSD core team has announced a public competition to design a new logo to replace the current BSD daemon logo. The new logo will be used on the FreeBSD website, software media labels, printed media, hardware equipment, and more. The winner of the contest will receive $500." It's too early for an April Fool's Joke; according to the contest page, "this daemon character seems cute from somebody's point of view, but somebody may think which does not suit for the professional products to indicate that are using the FreeBSD inside."

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  1. It's not going to replace Beastie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The logo will go in concert with beastie but will also be seperate. This helps with official letterhead and small "powered by freebsd" logos where beastie doesn't show up very well. Beastie is still the mascot and will be displayed on the web site and t-shirt...

  2. Re:A True Shame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is also a petition to keep the existing logo.

  3. Logo, not mascot by cperciva · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nobody is suggesting that Beastie should cease to be the FreeBSD mascot; this is about selecting a new logo.

    The reasons for this include not just that some people consider the daemon to be offensive, but also legal issues: The daemon image is owned by Kirk McKusick and right now if companies want to use the image, they need to get permission from him. A "powered by FreeBSD" logo which is actually free for everybody to use would make things much easier.

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