Swag... new choices?

[Dan Langille]

On 3 Oct 2003 at 15:32, Paul Robinson wrote:

> When
> was the last time you saw Beastie in 2D in any position other than
> standing facing to our left?

I'm shocked that you've not noticed the right facing Beastie that 
appears as a favicon at several websites.  ;)

http://www.freebsddiary.org/
http://www.freshports.org/
http:www.freshsource.org/
http://www.bsdcan.org/
http://www.daemonnews.org/
http://daily.daemonnews.org/

> The real problem though is free use of the logo/mascot. To really open
> up the market like OpenBSD has, you kind of have to consider... dare I
> say it?... changing the mascot. If you want to produce lots of mass
> produced stuff with loads of artwork and sell them, you can't use
> beastie unless you've cleared every item with McKusick:
> 
> http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/mainpage/copyright.html
>
> That's fine, and I understand his reasoning. It just works against what
> you're suggesting unfortunately.

My experience with obtaining permission has been positive.
-- 
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/