Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 9th Feb 2005 12:42 UTC, submitted by n0dez
Unfortunately, the cute FreeBSD daemon is sometimes treated with misunderstanding in the religious and cultural
context. That's why The FreeBSD Project is announcing a public competition for the new logo design. You can find the rules of the competition in this document. Update: There is now a petition to keep Beastie, however FreeBSD's own Robert Watson emailed us to inform us that they are "seeking a new logo, but not a new mascot", so that petition is really reduntant. Update 2: Rob Watson writes:
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...to shove it. Jeeze. This reminds me of the earfull I got when I was reading the SATAN documentation when it came out. I was on the bus, reading the printouts and minding my own business when these church ladies (the SNL character was a subdued version of reality) peeled a strip off me, loudly I might add. I just could not believe this. I tried telling them to calm down, that the papers had nothing to do with religion but with network security. They then switched to the "computers are the tools of the devil" schtick, at which point I popped a fuse and got them to clam up.
I really hope that the FreeBSD team can stand up and keep Beastie. This pseudo-religious thing is really skidding out of control in the USA. How soon before Tux is deemed "morally incorrect"?