On Dec 8, 2:37 am, "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The GNU project deserves credit not only because the GNU project > > wrote the GNU operating system, but also because they named it. > > One does not go about calling BSD for System V, despite them > > being very similar. > > I wasn't questioning that the GNU project deserved credit, I was > wondering why the credit should be *in the name* -- note that > well. Why is the **name** the proper place as opposed to somewhere > else? > > Because it is the name that one uses when one is refering to GNU.
So then the reason for crediting of GNU having to be in the _name_ and not in any other location like documentation or something is because GNU comprises most of the system, so it's name then naturally should apply to the complete system in some way, hence "GNU/Linux", which emphasizes that the system is GNU, with the Linux kernel added in to form a complete operating system, and by denying the GNU name in the system's name, opting for credit to be placed somewhere else, it may be thought of as belittling the GNU part, even though that is larger than the Linux part. Am I right here? _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
