I propose the following, We update the website to be completely dynamic,
require login, make it customisable. Have the settings page contain a paragraph setting like. "Do you prefer to call the software system made up of the Linux kernel and the GNU userland tools a. Linux [] b. GNU/Linux [] c. Herbert [] " A little php, a little global search and replace, and everyone would be happy (yeah right). I'm thinking that RMS is on the wrong side of linguistic evolution on this one. After all the direction of change has always been towards shorter and simpler constructions to refer to things in common use. And to keep the longer ones for technical precision. I'm willing to bet that the next version of the OED includes both phrases, indicating that one has the precise technical definition of the operating system built with GNU tools and licensed under the GPL, and the other one having the connotation of "that crazy computer program you kids are always going on about". I suspect that RMS has taken to using this as a test of ideological purity which is kind of silly given that a willingness to mangle one's language for the approval of a leader is contrary to what I perceive free software to mean. Any hoo, have fun, hack herbert. http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) http://allie.office.efn.org/phpwiki/index.php?OregonPublicNetworking
