Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman | Date | 25 Mar 1999 18:59:15 -0800 |
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In article <linux.kernel.19990326015645.AAA23541@pcs486.pittscomp.com>, Matthew D. Pitts <@suite224.net> wrote: >Whoa, people. Don't start a flamewar on this list.
PUT DOWN THAT BUCKET OF GASOLINE NOW!
>RMS is technicnally >correct in calling it GNU/Linux, for the simple reason that only the kernel >proper is "Linux". Almost everything else in a basic system is GNU >software; libc5/glibc2, gcc/egcs, etc.
Ooops, too late. I guess I should have said "AND DON'T PUT OUT YOUR CIGARETTE IN IT!".
if you're going to credit everyone, TOG/BSD/GNU/misc/Linux is too long of a name. Why not just call it Linux and let people look at the CREDITS file for their particular distribution?
____ david parsons \bi/ I knew there was a reason I was porting all the BSD \/ tools to Linux.
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