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DISCUSSION Lukasz Sokol 2 participants 3 messages Mar 24, 2011 – Mar 25, 2011

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Hello All,
this may be amusing (or not if you're a lawyer):
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/catalog
/sectionpagecontainer.jsp?skuId=910000402067&departmentid=1214921923780& aisleid=1214921925167&startValue=

(gmane made me break up the link)

Basically a UK's branch of Wal Mart has a product that looks pretty much like Tux.

In_fridge_ment?

L.
(and, No I Am Not A Lawyer)

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Quoted 6 lines · On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:05:15 +0000 (UTC) Lukasz Sokol <[email protected]>…

Hello All,
this may be amusing (or not if you're a lawyer):
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/catalog
/sectionpagecontainer.jsp?skuId=910000402067&departmentid=1214921923780& aisleid=1214921925167&startValue=

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(gmane made me break up the link)

Basically a UK's branch of Wal Mart has a product that looks pretty much like Tux.

In_fridge_ment?

Chuckle.. the left hand one does indeed look a little tuxlike but more worrying is the unfortunate placing of the stick which means it looks like its taking a crap.

The other one indeed also looks like the crystal tux

Tux however isn't just a Linux penguin. If you read the blurb Larry said "Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me [email protected] and The GIMP if someone asks. "

So he's sort of CC-BY, only he's older ;)

He's been legitimately used in all sorts of things including an ice rink advert!

Alan

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Chuckle.. the left hand one does indeed look a little tuxlike but more worrying is the unfortunate placing of the stick which means it looks like its taking a crap.

Or impaled ;) MS Propaganda, hell yeah ;)

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The other one indeed also looks like the crystal tux

Tux however isn't just a Linux penguin. If you read the blurb Larry said "Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me [email protected] and The GIMP if someone asks. "

So he's sort of CC-BY, only he's older ;)

Well, people who use it on shirts, I understand they can read ;) Ice lollies designers - I don't know any of this sort, so I can't say... Oh well they probably use some sorts of computers too ;)

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He's been legitimately used in all sorts of things including an ice rink advert!

Well this more-Tux-like is more like a parody but that may be down to production process too.

If I wasn't thinking this image is a little bit offensive, it would be a nice logo for a pun...

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Alan

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