Hello Paul,
Thursday, 03 May 2001, you wrote:
PM> Hi everyone,
PM> I've recently been in contact with Richard Stallman (_the_ rms) about some
PM> stuff and happen to mention SLUG. He, not surprisingly, "took offense" at
PM> the `L', saying that it should be GNU/Linux as Linux is "only" the kernel
PM> and the majority of the OS is either directly FSF software or else GPLed.
PM> I personally agree and use GNU/Linux when I'm writting it down (and when I
PM> can remember to :) But "GNU/Linux" takes more syllables than straight
PM> "Linux" so I never bother when speaking.
PM> So the question is: should we be call ourselves the "Scottish GNU/Linux
PM> Users Group" or the "Scottish Linux Users Group"?
PM> [ ] Scottish GNU/Linux Users Group
PM> [X] Scottish Linux Users Group
PM> [ ] Don't care
I think we're better off staying the way we are as not all the
software we use is GPL anyway, but it is Linux based...
Mind you I've heard mutterings in the group about this another OS.
Maybe we should be SLBSDUG???
:-)
Mark
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