I can understand this view to some extent, but agree with the underlying meaning of the previous messages in this thread. The GNU parts are just a part of the whole, there are other tools/resources in there that are not part of the GNU project.
Personally I run Gentoo on my systems, and other than those packages that are licensed under the GPL, I believe GNU plays a very small part on my system(s) though I haven't done a thorough audit to be sure.. :) From my perspective, I don't think anyone in our group is belittling GNU's contribution to the success of Linux and open source (Mr. Stallman really doesn't like that term... ). We recognize the importance of the FSF (It's mentioned very well on our brochure), but to change our name to favor one part of the whole doesn't make sense to me. My thoughts. Shawn On Tuesday 24 May 2005 16:02, Ian Wormsbecker wrote: > I think he is more concerned that Linux is nothing without the GNU tools > (libraries, compilers, utility programs, etc...) than with the GPL. > > Ian. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
