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I received a response from Linus Trovalds. He belives the image originated from [http://www.aardman.com Aardman Studios]], a British clay animation house famous for the movie "Chicken Run" and "Wallace and Gromit". I have written them. [[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] 01:35, 21 April 2007 (CDT) | |||
==Attempt 3== | |||
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From: Stephen Ewen | |||
Date: 21 April 2007 | |||
To: sean.clarke AT aardman.com | |||
Hello Sean. | |||
I am seeking permission to use an image of an Aardman Studios penguin character in a Citizendium encyclopedia entry. | |||
The exact image is at ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v1.3/ccpenguin.jpg and the article in which it will appear is at http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Tux | |||
If you would be so kind, please let me know how we might move forward in this matter. | |||
Best, | |||
Stephen Ewen | |||
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Stephen_Ewen | |||
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Revision as of 00:35, 21 April 2007
This page is to document attempts to gain licensing data or permission to use the original penguin image proposed by Linus Trovalds upon which Tux was based hosted at ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v1.3/ccpenguin.jpg
Attempt 1
Email address for below was found at http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/torvalds/
From: Stephen Ewen <ewenste AT bellsouth.net> Date: 20 April 2007 4:01 AM To: torvalds@transmeta.com Hello, Linus. I am requesting licensing information about or permission to use the original penguin image you proposed upon which Tux was based, hosted at ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v1.3/ccpenguin.jpg, for use in http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Tux. As I am not sure who the author of the image is, I am wondering if you might point me to that person. If you otherwise know the licensing/copyright data of the image, would you kindly inform me? Regards, Stephen Ewen http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Stephen_Ewen
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Subject: Need permission to use image
From: Stephen Ewen <ewenste@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:01:27 -0400
To: torvalds@transmeta.com
Hello, Linus.
I am requesting licensing information about or permission to use the original penguin image you proposed
upon which Tux was based, hosted at ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v1.3/ccpenguin.jpg,
for use in http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Tux.
As I am not sure who the author of the image is, I am wondering if you might point me to that person. If
you otherwise know the licensing/copyright data of the image, would you kindly inform me?
Regards,
Stephen Ewen
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Stephen_Ewen
Attempt 2
Email address for below was found at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/
From: Stephen Ewen <ewenste AT bellsouth.net> Date: 20 April 2007 4:30 AM To: torvalds@osdl.org Hello, Linus. I am requesting licensing information about or permission to use the original penguin image you proposed upon which Tux was based, hosted at ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v1.3/ccpenguin.jpg, for use in http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Tux. As I am not sure who the author of the image is, I am wondering if you might point me to that person. If you otherwise know the licensing/copyright data of the image, would you kindly inform me? Regards, Stephen Ewen http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Stephen_Ewen
I received a response from Linus Trovalds. He belives the image originated from Aardman Studios], a British clay animation house famous for the movie "Chicken Run" and "Wallace and Gromit". I have written them. Stephen Ewen 01:35, 21 April 2007 (CDT)
Attempt 3
From: Stephen Ewen Date: 21 April 2007 To: sean.clarke AT aardman.com Hello Sean. I am seeking permission to use an image of an Aardman Studios penguin character in a Citizendium encyclopedia entry. The exact image is at ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v1.3/ccpenguin.jpg and the article in which it will appear is at http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Tux If you would be so kind, please let me know how we might move forward in this matter. Best, Stephen Ewen http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Stephen_Ewen
