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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Well...my religion order's me to stick with FreeBSD _becouse_ of the beastie...now - anyone cares at all ?
There are many people convinced (by whom i do not know) that the Earth is flat. Mayby we shoudn't tease with them and get rid off of the calendar which imply's Earth beeing spherical and moving around the Sun. Or maybe we shoudn't upset guy's rejecting notion of living organisms developing themselves in process call'ed evolution (they managed to forbid learning about evolution in schools in some states). I personally can not agree with such bul..it. It is a matter of fighting for the freedom to choose not to be eaten alive.
"If you read the details, you'll see that they want to get a new logo, not replace the mascot, who will remain the beastie."
To me this is rather vague what is the difference between mascot and the logo. I understand, that beastie won't show itself anymore during e.g. installation. It is unacceptable.
let the beastie live....