File:GNU-Linux cartouche.svg

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English: An imitation of an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic cartouche containing the name of GNU/Linux
العربية: محاكاة خرطوشة هيروغليفية مصرية قديمة تحوي اسم گنو لينكس
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Author Ahmad Gharbeia

The Tux mascot has been vertically mirrored to honour the orthography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs which dictated that all glyphs face the direction of writing, assumed in this imitation to be from right to left.

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Licence Art Libre Copyleft: This work of art is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it according to terms of the Free Art License. You will find a specimen of this license on the Copyleft Attitude site as well as on other sites.

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