On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 01:56:47AM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > As we all know, rms started a campaign to get people to call Linux > systems "GNU/Linux" instead of Linux. His goal is to improve the > perceived recognition of the FSF and the GNU Project - a reasonable > goal. However I believe this method of achieving that goal is > misguided, and motivated largely by selfish reasons. If you were > swayed by his argument, and have begun to call Linux systems > "GNU/Linux" then I ask you to reconsider your position. What follows > is an essay I wrote in support of that proposition.
[snip] Oh, boy! I think you may have just stirred a hornets nest. I, for one, agree with your essay 100%. What I found to be the most egregious offense along these lines was one reference I once saw to "Red Hat GNU/Linux." Now THAT was absurd. Incidentaly, someone once took the time to analyze Red Hat Linux (I think version 6.2) and determined that about 10% of the code (based on lines of code) was GNU (note: GPL NOT => GNU, necessarily) software. Significant, yes, but it turns out that a comparable share of the code was XFree86. It might have even been more, I don't recall. So using RMS's reasoning, we should really be calling it XFree86/Linux for most cases. Looking at it that way makes it all seem rather silly. -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
