On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 07:35:33AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Oliver Fromme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:50 AM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Torrent Server > > > > Sorry for the late reply, but I think this one needs a > > correction, so others don't find wrong information in > > the archives ... > > > > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > [...] > > > The FreeBSD Beastie was struck from his position as logo for FreeBSD > > > for some EXTREMELY minor controversy surrounding religions icons. > > > Well, using a Devil image didn't pirate anyone software or break a > law. > > > Yet Beastie was axed for exactly the same "guilt by association" > reasons. > > > > I'm afraid that paragraph is completely wrong. The BSD > > daemon (sometimes called "Beastie", but that's not its > > official name) was not "struck from his position as a > > logo", and it was not "axed". > > > > The BSD daemon never was a logo of the FreeBSD project. > > It was rather a mascot (and it still is!). > > Not this again. > > Before the "devil" controversy flared up, there was no usage of > "mascot" in relation to Beastie.
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