My bank allows customizing the front of the card with an image of your choice. So, I figured why not represent Free Software and Linux everywhere I use my card? I struggled for some time finding the right image to represent Free Software. The GNU logo is almost as horrid as Tux, the Linux kernel logo, so that was out. I thought about putting the free Debian logo on it, but if I was going to represent a specific GNU/Linux distribution, I might as well represent the one I worked so long with- Ubuntu. Plus, it will match my license plates, so why not? Well, I just got my new debit card in the mail yesterday from my bank. Here it is:
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Pure Awesome, I need this.
w00t that rocks !!
Nice!
I have Tux on my bank card since several years, now
Nice.
Does your bank not have restrictions with regard to using trademarked logos as background images?
-jef
Um, I would say Tux is cute, but it is your card and Ubuntu is nice too…
UGH, the Ubuntu marketing machine is expanding, Cthulhu save us!
@Jef Spaleta- Nope, they don’t, as I’m not abusing or illegally using the mark. I’m well within the bounds of legal use.
Might want to use black bars next time for blocking your card number. Blurring it or turning it into a mosaic makes it fairly easy to guess the number. Awesome looking card though. I wish my bank did that…
Hey, that is great! Good for Ubuntu too.
Aaron,
i didnt say it was ‘illegal’ use. But so far in my experience companies tend to have boilerplate clauses in their terms and services which drastically limit whether you are allowed to use trademarked material as a customizable image in situations like this even if the trademark is being used legally.
I’m surprised that your bank’s policy with regard to what images doesn’t cover trademarks at all.
The capitalone imagecard policy prohibits trademark logos..unless its a capitalone partner’s trademark.
testing to see what your identification plugin shows.
chromium-browser – archlinux – kde 4.2.2
Where did you get the image for your card? My bank says it should be at least 2625×1680, but I cannot find ubuntu logo that big.
@drew
It was an SVG that was rather small. I just opened it in the GIMP, made it massively large, seeing as though it’s scalable, converted to jpg (as that’s what the uploading mechanism wanted), and it took.
Dude … seriously?
BTW I did not give you permission to publish the contents of my browser’s User-Agent string alongside my name for permanent posterity.
@Tomalak Geret’kal seriously. oh, and you could have commented anonymously.
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