> The entire naming business, is simply for people to not forget the
> value
> system of freedom that GNU stands for. Some people it may think it
> does not
> matter, but others do.
the only people who think it matters are those pleading for credit
Are you implying that ``everyone" who thinks so is ``pleading for credit"?
If you are, well that's totally incorrect. If this entire thing was only
about credit then the guy who started this would have called it ``The
Stallman Project", ``The Stallmacs Editor", ``The Stallman Compiler",
``Stallmake", ``Stallmson lexical analyzer" and finally ``The Stallman
Public License".
But he chose NOT to tie his name to a project to inflate his ego. Only
people who want to polish their ego would do that.
For the record. i haven't contributed an iota of code in ANY free software
repository till today. i do not deserve any ``credit" nor am i lame enough
to ``plead" for it if i did. But i choose to say the word GNU with the name
of the operating system because i believe in the value of freedom.
i don't think it is right to generalise all of GNU as ``pleading for
credit", in fact its insulting a LOT of very dedicated people who believe in
changing the world and making a difference.
Regards,
- vihan
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