Linux penguin used to sell food at Florida convenience store

Austin Davis-Richardson says: "Apparently Tux isn't able to make ends meet as the Linux mascot and has to work a second job selling soft drinks at a gas station in Gainesville, Fl. " Link

[#1 posted by bandola, March 24, 2008 11:06 AM]

This is amazing, I actually noticed a small grocery store here in Lund, Sweden where Tux is the main logo. I'll try to get down to the store tomorrow (it's 7pm here now) and return with a photo.

[#2 posted by strider_mt2k, March 24, 2008 11:41 AM]

...and now the Penguin on your television set will explode...

[#3 posted by idontwant2liveinoprahsworld, March 24, 2008 11:53 AM]

Wow, open source snacks!
I love america!

[#4 posted by Greetings, March 24, 2008 11:57 AM]

That's actually a pretty bad copyright violation.

I assume the image is copyrighted even though it's an open source project.

[#5 posted by sciencejournalist, March 24, 2008 12:06 PM]

Well, this is a convenience store that is frequented by plenty of linux-friendly individuals from the University of Florida. We're amused, in general, by the concept of penguins down here.

[#6 posted by Xeno, March 24, 2008 12:28 PM]

Still, knowing of a copyright violation makes a copyright holder responsible for enforcing the copyright else it can be stated that consent was given through inaction. So TUX has to be enforced as a copyright else lose him as our mascot for good.

[#7 posted by ink, March 24, 2008 12:42 PM]

I believe you're confusing copyright with trademark. I don't think copyrights need active defense in order to remain in effect.

[#8 posted by kowala, March 24, 2008 1:04 PM]

times is hard. even tux got to feed his babies somehow

[#9 posted by stratosfyr, March 24, 2008 1:08 PM]

Tux is a mascot, not a logo. Quoth his creator: "Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me [e-mail] and The GIMP if someone asks."

(From the Wikipedia page.)

[#10 posted by Shawn Powers, March 24, 2008 1:24 PM]

He's also running for president. :)

http://www.tuxparty.com

[#11 posted by duckling, March 24, 2008 6:24 PM]

Haha! I saw a store here in Singapore using the rounder version of Tux as their mascot a few months back. I took a small photo of it and posted it on my blog.

http://lilduckling.com/blog/?p=19

I looked it up at the time and it seems you can use it so long as you get permission from the creator.

[#12 posted by kathryn, March 24, 2008 7:20 PM]

Which gas station is this? I'm a UF student too, would like to go laugh at it if it's somewhere nearby.

[#13 posted by theTrollShow, March 24, 2008 7:36 PM]

Wow, Florida, Sweden, Singapore... Sounds like we could start a Tux-sighting club :)

[#14 posted by crs666, March 24, 2008 7:44 PM]

ther's a non-stop in hungary, wich goes by the name pingvin (pinguin) and uses Tux as it's new logo recently.

[#15 posted by Xeno, March 25, 2008 5:21 PM]

No you have to defend copyrights as well or else everyone can be turning the Microsoft Windows logo into a Nazi symbol (been their done that and got nailed for copyright infringement).

[#16 posted by bandola, March 28, 2008 7:11 AM]

Here's my picture of the Tux convenience store in Lund, Sweden:

http://picasaweb.google.com/stensson/TuxInLund/photo#5182792097168259922