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Free Software Foundation, the irony phone is ringing

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 16, 2012

But oddly, the logo they chose for the new Respect Your Freedom certification program seems to bear a striking resemblance to a logo used by one of the largest monopolist corporations in the U.S.: the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Take a look for yourself, and see what I mean. I realize that I may be showing my age here, given that the break up of Ma Bell happened in 1984 and the use of this particular logo pre-dated that by quite a bit. But the similarities are striking.

Which makes me wonder: was this a deliberate attempt at irony?

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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