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Linux Credit Card Re-Launches
An anonymous reader writes "The all-new Linux Fund Visa Card launched on July 24th. The Linux Fund began in 1999, and lasted until Bank of America bought MBNA and canceled the program earlier this year. Before that time the fund had distributed $100,000 a year on average. US Bank has inked a new deal to resurrect the program with new features. Currently, the project is open to ideas for supporting well-loved and community-supported software that is underfunded. The current list of supported projects includes Debian, Wikipedia, FreeGeek, Freenode, and Blender."
MBNA's credit card funds wikipedia; wikipedia mods make sure MBNA's entry is whiter than white. All done in the name of that Minix/Windows/MacOS ripoff called Linux.
I want a SCO credit card. And so should anyone who wants to be able to choose who they create IP for and get paid. If Stallman gets his way, we'll all be coding for some state-controlled Gulag.
Living and working conditions in the Gulag varied significantly across time and place, depending, among other things, on the impact of broader events (World War II, countrywide famines and shortages, waves of terror, sudden influx or release of large numbers of prisoners). However, to one degree or another, the large majority of prisoners at most times faced meager food rations; inadequate clothing; overcrowding, poorly insulated housing; poor hygiene; and insufficient or inadequate health care. The overwhelming majority of prisoners were compelled to perform harsh physical labor. In most periods and economic branches, the degree of mechanization of work processes was significantly lower than in the civilian industry: tools were often primitive and machinery, if existent, short in supply. Officially established work hours were in most periods longer and days off were fewer than for civilian workers. Sometimes official work time regulations were extended by local camp administrators.