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SubjectRe: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman
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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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