Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Mar 1999 09:21:06 -0800 | From | Mark Hull-Richter <> | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux |
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Richard Stallman wrote: > > When talking about a Linux-based version of the GNU operating system, > it's only fair to use GNU in the name. It's not a legal requirement; > unlike the BSD developers, I'm not trying to force you. I'm asking > you to do it voluntarily. >
How do you define "a Linux-based version of the GNU operating system."?
Correct me if I'm wrong here:
Linux is a POSiX compliant (or nearly so) OS written in C and built using GNU tools. It is not "the" GNU OS, now or ever.
"The GNU operating system" is the as-yet incomplete HURD, which had little or no connection to Linux.
If the above are correct, I missed the point. Forgive my newness here - I have only been involved in Linux for a very short time, with GNU tools only a little longer.
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