On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 12:42 PM, james mathew <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Rajeev J Sebastian > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Ansal mon <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Read this http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html >>>> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#why >>> >>> Stallman has made a few enemies by insisting on "GNU/Linux", but it >>> does remind people, the contributions of FSF. These days distros have >>> came a long way and its not just "GNU/Linux", but >>> "X11/BSD/GNU/..../Linux" :-) >> >> Good Boi! :)) > > Why do we still find people in these list who are ignorant about the > history? Or is it that people are trying to conveniently hide the fact > that all this stuff that we are discussing about started out as the > GNU project?
Linux kernel wasn't part of the GNU project. Neither was Python, nor X11, etc. Noone is ignorant of history - that said only some people want to create some kind of propaganda that everything should be named "GNU/Linux". If you want to call it that, feel free to do so. But do not presume that you are the only one who knows history. Technically, GNU project's contribution to FLOSS is quite awesome; that said, it is still one of the many other projects out there that comprise what is commonly called a "Linux distro". If Mac OS X uses GCC and/or other GNU tools, should we also start calling Mac OS X as "GNU/Mac OS X" or "Mac GNU/OS X" ? What about if GNU tools are installed on a Windows box ? Regards Rajeev J Sebastian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
