I guess I should reiterate one point... :) Seeing as Gentoo box is source based, the gcc compiler plays a very important role, and gcc is a GNU package. But, when you look at the number of packages on my system as a whole, I believe the GNU packages constitute a very small percentage...
Shawn On Tuesday 24 May 2005 16:22, Shawn wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
