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The Baby GNU is an adorable cartoon-like image of but a wee tyke of a GNU, sucking its thumb and snuggling its blanket closely.
We thank Etienne Suvasa for drawing this Baby GNU.
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A modified version, “Baby GNU with a Glass”, was used as a logo for the FSF Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab:
![[image of a Baby GNU with a Glass]](/graphics/baby-gnu-glass.png)
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