Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:37:14 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Gnumenclature was Re: IBM, was never Re: Linux Kernel |
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On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 03:47:34AM -0500, chorgain@escape.com wrote: > I'm wondering is how is that GNU "owns" those utils... from recent grep on > gcc Changelog I didn't see much contributed by GNU(mainly rms)besides > bunch of configuration changes to change unknown to pc and linux to > linux-guess in config.guess and few changes in getloadavg.c. So how does > GNU owns those utils, I thought the point of GNU was that nobody owned > something exculsively.
Well GNU started GCC and paid for much of its development until recently, so I would say it is their project. They also own the copyright on GCC and much of the other "GNU" utils, by dint of legal papers signed by the authors.
Also, even though most of the recent GCC work didn't come from the FSF, it builds on older work that did, and much of the older work is still in use today.
GCC certainly wouldn't exist without RMS & GNU. Something else would, I daresay. IMO, without GNU, Linux (the system) would feel very different and be much further behind technologically than it is. Even if actual GNU code is "only" 35% of the system now. IMO, the original GNU project has been entirely successful.
-- Jamie
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