FreeBSD Announces Contest To Replace Daemon Logo

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."

Comments

I have an idea for a new FreeBSD logo

[The I Shing]

How about the little red devil jabbing his pitchfork into a patent lawyer's behind?

A True Shame

[Nimrangul]

It's a shame, NetBSD I can understand, there may be some confusion when both BSDs use the same "daemony" logo style, but the other BSDs have all moved away from beastie.

The religious issue I cannot believe actually warrents changing the logo and I see nothing particularly unprofessional about the daemon.

Re:A True Shame

[Tet]

I see nothing particularly unprofessional about the daemon.

Indeed. As if proof were needed, having a fat penguin as a logo doesn't seem to have done Linux any harm. I fail to see how that could be more professional than a daemon...

Re:A True Shame

[j1bb3rj4bb3r]

That's because penguins aren't usually associated with evil ;)

... apparently you've never seen a show called Batman. :)

my entry!

[OmniVector]

I've already submitted my entry. I've got my fingers crossed!

So let me get this straight

[Stanistani]

It's OK for football teams, canned ham spread, and vacuum cleaners, but not for an operating system?

Slippery Slope...

[4of12]

Practically, I can see where the horned devil might make certain religious people uncomfortable.

But if you're going down that road, then you might as well steer clear of offending other religions world-wide. That's right, no pigs, camels, or graven image idols, etc.

Consider how many Jews and Muslims have avoided learning Perl because of the offensive beast on the cover of the O'Reilly book!

It's not going to replace Beastie

[Anonymous Coward]

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...

Pentagram

[turgid]

How about a pentagram and a picture of a goat sitting on a wooden throne, blood raining down and all kinds of beasts and monsters engaged in acts of wanton carnal depravity while bodies of sinners roast half-dead over bonfires?

Time for my medication...

Re:I nominate

[Tsiangkun]

indeed. I want my software designed by people living in the reality based community. Caving to religous and social pressures is really weak. If I wanted to run a Faith Based OS, I would use windows without a firewall.

Yeah, what's wrong with Beastie?

[Omega]

...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."

And this somebody would be a dumbass. Seriously, Beastie has been around for almost 2 decades and has represented the "professional" side of BSD for all that time.

This is truly sad. I can just imagine the new logo being along the same lines as the crap parodied by eNormicom.

Another contest

[Wylfing]

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

I have an idea for another contest. Design a sentence for the FreeBSD logo contest page that is comprehensible.

Re:I nominate

[The Hobo]

My suggestion:

Replace the one on the left with the one on the right.

Political corectness rears its head.

[Vellmont]

We don't hear much about the PC of the right, but this is it. PC has long been associated with idiotic bending-over-backwards to not offend causes that the left likes (minorities, disabled, etc). This seems a prime example of an organization bending to the whims of the right.

It seems just like Fox changing the name "Best damn superbowl roadshow" to "Best darn superbowl roadshow"

Logo, not mascot

[cperciva]

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.