"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@wasabisystems.com> wrote:
 
> I'm going to get flamed by people, but I'd really like to see us get
> rid of the flag raising logo.
> 
> It is:
> 
> 1) Cartoonishly drawn
> 2) Too complicated to be a logo
> 3) Reminds lots of people of war instead of the spirit of
>    international cooperation inherent in NetBSD. This last bit should
>    not be discounted. Consider that it is not just a reminder of sad
>    events to Japanese people -- it is also a reminder of sad events to
>    many Americans. Remember that most of the soldiers in the famous
>    "flag raising on Iwo Jima" photograph were killed within days and
>    that many many people on both sides of the battle died horribly. It
>    was a sad event in history and I do not think it is reasonable as
>    our project symbol.
> 
> I'm sure I'll get flamed though.
> 
> On the off chance that I'm not flamed horribly, could I suggest we
> start a contest to develop a new logo for the project?

There was a discussion recently on netbsd-advocacy regarding the logo.
JFWIW, the results of some more script-fu under the Gimp on my part are
under http://www.netmeister.org/misc/netbsd/logos/

I believe, I would prefer a simple plain-text (possibly plus daemon)
only logo over the Iwo-Jima logo as well.

-Jan, not embarrassed to play with the gimp even though he's lacking any
graphical/design skills

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