On 11/10/06 17:21 +0530, Nagarjuna G. wrote: > 2006/10/11, Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >BSD. They require gcc, but everything else is non GNU. As far as I am > >concerned, GNU is _one_ component of my system. A lot of other > >components use the GNU toolchain to exist, but practically, if those > >applications didn't exist, I might as well not use the computer. > > > > that is the point. if those application dont exist without GNU, and > there is nothing left useful for you on the computer without it, you > have proved that GNU is indispensable. However, this is true only if > you want to stick to free software. Otherwise GNU is dispensible > anyway. > To be very precise, there isn't a Free alternative to gcc yet. If the GNU folks will continue with the whole GNU/Linux thing, I might just get bugged enough to write a BSD licensed compiler.
> >So me crediting just GNU would be wrong. > >IBM/QT/Apache/Artistic/Mozilla/X/BSD/GNU/Linux would be acceptable (off > >the top of my head, those are the licenses used by software on my > >system). > > You are diverting the attention to licenses again. What about all But my whole point is that GNU/Linux is pretty much useless to me. Regardless of how essential gcc is. If the GNU project gets credits, everyone else deserves the same amount of time. <snip> > > So, my thesis is, dispensing GNU will also take away your freedom. > Dispensing with the GPL? Definitely. Dispensing with the GNU project? Right now, other than the compiler, what else do you need to get a full BSD userland? My thesis is that Linux != GNU/Linux and there are other projects which deserve equal time in the OS name. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
