I'm not sure where I got this (maybe the gnu.org site) but I read somewhere that GNU tools make up about 38% of a typical Linux distro when measured in lines of source code. The kernel itself is about 3%, and the remainder is other packages.
There is an audience video of the event now on the web. The official video made by UoC com-media is still residing on tape. We hope to convert it to an open source, oops free software, format and post it on the cuug site soon. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Richard Stallman's talk on Software Patents From: "gordon mcdowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, May 25, 2005 12:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, I'm one of the guys who brought a video camera to RMS's talk. I've uploaded a copy of the video to Internet Archive. It can be accessed directly at... http://www.archive.org/details/RMS-20050518-SoftwarePatents Or thru my video blog where I track all my IA uploads... http://opensourcevideo.blogspot.com/ Thought you might want to put a link up for anyone who missed it. -Gord -------------------------------------- Regards, Greg > Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:28:01 -0600 > From: Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Stallman Presentation Overview > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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
