[NTLUG:Discuss] MS Advertising Linux!
Steve Baker
sjbaker1 at airmail.net
Sat Jun 10 12:34:41 CDT 2000
al wrote:
>
> >
> > http://computingcentral.msn.com/topics/os/Linux0500.asp
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> seeing as how the "official" pengiun is a GPL'd logo
...actually, the penguin isn't "GPL" - it's offered without
restriction so long as you mention that Larry Ewing painted
it using GIMP - "if anyone asks".
Has to be the weirdest OpenSource license I ever heard :-)
BTW: I maintain the Tux FAQ where you can read all about our
mascot - and find out why he's our "mascot" and not our
"logo" - a point of heated discussion in some quarters!
http://tuxaqfh.sourceforge.net/doc/index.html
> maybe they are trying to fracture the linux community by
> confusing newbies
>
> They may be using this article to search for
> loose threads to pull on
>
> but it is an extremely ineteresting article considering the source
Well, I guess it just means that the Microsoft Network content
providers really *are* independent from Microsoft's mainstream
operation. They always claimed that would be the case - perhaps
with the monopoly issue hanging over them, they wanted to avoid
having MSN split off into another company - showing a truly
independent editorial position would certainly help to avoid that.
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