Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:55:14 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux |
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Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 15:44:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Jason Slagle <raistlin@tacorp.net>
RMS's elitest "I wrote all the free software so put my name on it" attitude. Sure, he did something great, started a free software movement. BUT, that does not entitle him to world domination. Linux is not the only OS using GNU components. Most EVERY free OS uses gcc, and quite a few commercial ones do (ie: BSD/OS). It is just plain SILLY to see him think that because we use ls and stuff that are licensed under the GPL, that we should put GNU in the name of the operating system.
The other thing to keep in mind was that there was plenty of free software floating around on the net before Stallman founded the FSF. The Usenet culture of releasing fairly significant packages on newsgroups such as comp.sources.unix predates the FSF. Perl, for example, came out of that culture, before Usenet was ruined by AOL and Spam. So to say that Stallman, GNU, and/or the FSF "invented" free software is simply not true.
- Ted
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