Messages in this thread | | | From | (Chris Adams) | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux | Date | 1 Jan 1999 19:32:41 -0600 |
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Once upon a time, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> said: >Each person who decides to use the name "GNU/Linux" helps to spread >the word about where the operating system as a whole came from, and >also helps users understand the difference between the whole system >and the kernel. You can help inform hundreds of people by typing 4 >extra characters, a few times a day. It is hard to find a more >efficient use of your time.
But "GNU/Linux" does not accurately describe "where the operating system as a whole came from"! That is the biggest problem with your renaming of Linux. Linux builds on a whole lot of history in the Unix environment, including GNU, BSD, and (for most people's workstations) X. To follow your logic, the OS is "BSD/GNU/XFree86/Linux/etc." as a whole. -- Chris Adams - cadams@ro.com System Administrator - Renaissance Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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