Subject: Re: NetBSD logo competition final?
To: David Maxwell <david@crlf.net>
From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 03/04/2004 11:25:45
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, David Maxwell wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 10:38:04AM +0900, Jorgen Lundman wrote:
> > > A logo design contest was announced with more than 100 submissions
> > > three weeks before the competition closes - outcome of this will be
> > > made public when the competition is closed and a new logo has been chosen.
> >
> > Even though it is disappointing that the logo is being changed to the point
> > of driving people to Linux, I am surprised there is nowhere to look at
> > current submissions, nor voice an oppinion (not that I expected NetBSD to
> > be democratic) nor see the final choice, so we can start downloading Linux
> > :)
>
> NetBSD is quite democratic. The constituency consists of several hundred
> Developers - as listed on the website.
>
> How would it be fair to early submitters of logos to display them before
> the contest closed, and give later submitters a chance to one-up them?
Indeed. It is normal practice to not display submissions until after the
submission period has ended.
I take it that once submissions have closed, the logos will go on public
display?
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Dan Langille - BSDCan: http://www.bsdcan.org/