Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Is the boot logo politically correct? | Date | Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:54:15 +0800 | From | David Luyer <> |
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> Oh, for cryin' out loud, somebody make it a /proc entry, or a real dev device. > you write a pbm to the device and it replaces the logo!
The _boot_ logo? I think you've missed a bit of thought here. Writing to /dev/boot_logo updates the boot logo in the compressed image?!
BTW - I agree that the beer drinking is inappropriate on a logo for international software for two reasons;
1) countries where advertising alcohol is illegal, it may be illegal to advertise a CD with a logo including a penguin drinking beer (where there are laws to prevent indirect advertising of substances for which advertising is prohibited).
2) as mentioned before, countries where alcohol is against the religion and the law - such as various middle-eastern countries - associate negative connotations with alcohol akin to what we might associate with drugs.
But yes, it is 'nicer' than the BSD Demon. However remember the Demon is mainly likely to have the chance to offend those of western cultures, and in western cultures (where the Demon means something) religion tends to not be taken to such extremes as it can be in eastern and middle-eastern cultures and laws.
David.
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