Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 9th Feb 2005 12:42 UTC, submitted by n0dez
FreeBSD 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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Re: Keep Beastie
by ulib on Wed 9th Feb 2005 14:59 UTC

FreeBSD is an OS that appeals to professionals, so it sounds good that they've finally decided to *have* a logo.
And the wonderful BSD license is the best assurance one can have that nothing will change in the spirit of the project - that is not commercial, not political, but academical.
That's how I see it.