-- Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I can afford a Free OS) Think this through with me, let me know your mind... Hunter/Garcia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 21:40:28 -0700 (MST) From: Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (message from Jamie on Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:31:20 -0800) Subject: Re: list EUG-LUG: List Message Rejected Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Since your on the topic of the right thing to do, shouldnt you change all your references of GNU/Linux to Linux/GNU, since GNU wouldnt be much without linux? Both parts are essential. The GNU/Linux system wouldn't run without Linux, and it wouldn't run without GNU. So if we apply your standard fairly, it is inconclusive. We write the "GNU" first because we launched the system's development, and our contribution to it is much larger than Linux is. However, if you write "Linux/GNU", that is much better than just "Linux". There is not GNU kernel, There is now, but there wasn't one in the 90s. That's why the GNU/Linux variant of GNU is the one that caught on during that period. and you need to boot the linux kernel to take advantage of the GNU software included with every [GNU/]linux distribution... The reverse is also true--Linux, being just a kernel, wouldn't run without the GNU system. The combination of the two is what you use. That is why the name GNU/Linux is appropriate for it. What is most noteworthy in your message is that you are selectively applying your arguments. Over the years I've seen this many times. I think it results from the attachment that people develop to the false picture of history spread by calling the system "Linux". They are sure that the kernel is more important than all the rest of the system put together, but they have to improvise to find some reason why that should be so. Often the reason comes down to a double standard. If you would like to subscribe to our list, Thanks, but I get too much email already. epcraig, if I mail to the list and it bounces, do you get those messages? Can you send them through? Or should I cc you?
