Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:25:04 -0500 | From | Mark Hounschell <> | Subject | Re: Nvidia and its choice to read the GPL "differently" |
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Thomas Hood wrote: > > RMS: This battle is lost. By continuing to complain > about the use of "Linux" you are not only wasting your > time; you are harming your reputation, too. Why? > Because you are *wrong*, and yet you won't admit that you > are wrong, but continue to reiterate your wrong opinion. > This makes you sound like a fanatic. Your stubbornness > has served you well in other causes (where you are closer > to the truth), but is hurting you here. > > Let me explain how you are wrong. You say things like: > > > Calling the system "Linux" denies the GNU Project > > credit for the GNU operating system. > > This is wrong. The use of a proper name does not commit > the user to any particular characterization of what bears > that name. I can use the name 'Linux' without in any way > committing myself to a denial of the role of GNU in Linux.
I even know people that call it Red-Hat and never even heard of Linux???
Sorry I didn't mean to impolite and but it to this ttthhhrrreeeaaaaddd.......... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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