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Penguin Awareness
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| Also important for graphics art re-use is
| that the license for the use of the
| original image of Tux is very liberal,
| with Larry Ewing, the copyright holder,
| giving people permission to use the image
| as long as the user acknowledges him as
| the author and the GIMP as the creator of
| the image "if someone asks". The last
| phrase is probably enough to give most
| lawyers shivers, but it has allowed Tux to
| show up in the original unmodified form in
| areas as diverse as Plumbing supply
| trucks, air-conditioning repair services,
| lottery tickets and fireworks.
|
| Of course Wikipedia has an extensive
| listing on Tux, so I will not go into all
| of the history behind him, but I do want
| to pass on one story:
|
| When Tux made his first appearance in 1996
| I was at a trade show, and a friend of
| mine who ran a Linux business selling
| distributions, T-shirts, and other Linux
| "things" came up to me and declared his
| disgust with the choice. I asked him why
| he did not like it, and he said that Tux
| was "fat and silly looking" and that we
| should have had as a mascot a tiger or
| shark, something with teeth and fangs to
| rip Microsoft apart.
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http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Paw-Prints-Writings-of-the-maddog/Penguin-Awareness
Linux is free. What exactly is free?
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| The exact same freedom is there for Linux.
| The information on Linux processes are
| readily available and you can do what you
| wish with them. In fact, the licenses
| associated with Linux are designed to
| provide and protect that freedom. Linux
| distributions are the end product of the
| application of Linux information and can
| be given away or sold according to the
| whims of those who prepared the
| distribution. Generally the Linux
| distribution is free as in cost and
| support contracts are what make money.
|
| So how does this effect the end user of
| Linux? Doesn't this mean that the only
| benefit is that they have a quality
| operating system to use for free? No, that
| is not the only benefit although it is the
| benefit most often hawked by Linux
| advocates. What this does mean for the end
| user is they have the freedom to
| independently verify whether the chosen
| Linux distribution actually does what is
| claimed and that there are no hidden
| nasties.
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http://www.locutus.us/Linux_is_free_What_exactly_is_free
Recent:
20 âReally Coolâ Tux Icons for Sports Enthusiasts
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| Before, we've posted here several cool and funny tux icons and some scary
| ones too. This time, we will showcase some of the finest tux icons that
| sports fans/Linux-users may love.
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http://www.junauza.com/2009/07/20-really-cool-tux-icons-for-sports.html
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