New FreeBSD logo

[Gary Hayers]

John Birrell wrote:
>> Quite frankly 
>> it is of no importance as the community were not the ones with a say 
>> about it, the FreeBSD management were and they did.
> 
> The new logo was selected using a democratic vote of people who have 
> commit privileges to the various parts of FreeBSD. This was conducted many,
> many months ago. There were legal issues that needed to be resolved by
> the FreeBSD Foundation before the logo could be used. That work is now
> complete and so you get to see the new logo.
> 
> Those people who want to influence decisions like the selection of a new
> logo really only have _one_ way to have a say. Ranting on a mailing list
> is *not* that way.
> 
> If you contribute to FreeBSD and earn the right to a commit bit, then you
> get a chance to vote on who becomes a member of the core group and things
> like the selection of a new logo.
> 
> When you refer to the "FreeBSD management" you are really referring to the
> people who have been elected as members of the core group. They work to
> guide the project, but when it comes to things like a new logo, that
> decision is made by the people who have the right to change parts of 
> FreeBSD.
> 
> So people can "huff and puff and try to blow the house down" in this 
> thread, but the only thing that makes any difference is what the people
> who have earned a vote think.

Perfect, couldn't agree more.

Gary