> If a designer is interested in Ruby committers and wants to make it look pretty, then have fun! And if they're not, they still have the option of not partici

> If a designer is interested in Ruby committers and wants to make it look pretty, then have fun! And if they're not, they still have the option of not participating! That's what drives me nuts about all this "no-spec!/crowdsourcing is eeeevil!" chat on the Internet. Nobody's forcing anyone to participate. There's a very (very, very) large group of people who only have $500 to spend on branding their company. If someone can't/won't spend $10k to a "branding agency", should they not be allowed to have a logo at all? There are even MORE people who are willing to do a little work for the chance of winning $500 and seeing their work used by people not related to them. Disclaimer: I used to work at crowdspring. I've literally seen both sides of hundreds of these contests. Nobody's evil and everyone participating knows the risks of participating. It's a win-win.