not new
Who said it is? And it don't have to be, does it? =/
Just wanted to make sure everbody read it.
It don't have to be using GNU packages only. If doesn't use any single
GNU package at all, thats another thing. I suggest you should read the
links you posted instead.
So you'll call it then exact half of packages will be GNU?.. ;-)
Ok, I copy-paste an alternate view from links in case if you
fanatically read site:gnu.com only.
"Many people think that everything GPL'd is GNU software, which is
simply not true ... By calling it "GNU/Linux", you are giving credit
to GNU, which *is* a part contributor to the distribution, but by no
stretch of imagination the *only* (or even the largest) one.
A list of all GNU software can easily be seen here
[http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html].";
"Next, even if we limit the GNU/Linux title to the GNU-based Linux
distributions, we run into another obvious problem. XFree86 [or xorg]
may well be more important to a particular Linux installation than the
sum of all the GNU contributions. More properly, shouldn't the
distribution be called XFree86/Linux?"
"GCC is so very famous and, yes, so very useful only because Linux was
developed. In a show of proper respect and gratitude, shouldn't you
and everyone refer to GCC as 'the Linux compiler'? Or at least, 'Linux
GCC'?"
"For example, Apache represents an extremely important reason for
people using free/opensource software. As you can see here
[http://www.gnu.org/directory/apache.html], it says "This is not a GNU
package". It is not even GPL'd software! Therefore, it is a project in
its own right, and like GNU, should be acknowledged.
So it should be GNU/Apache/Linux."
From today's IRC log on #gentoo:
"<Monkeh> Gentoo doesn't just use the Linux kernel. Gentoo doesn't have to use
GNU tools with the Linux kernel. Gentoo is not Gentoo
GNU/Linux, it's...
Gentoo."
"<Monkeh> torindel: Much of th GNU software can be replaced with other
software."
"<Draconx> torindel, nonsense, I have several non-GNU, Linux systems."
"If there is a moral buried in this rant, maybe it is this:
... You, RMS, the Free Software Foundation, and GNU software have
reached their current high profiles largely on the back of Linux. You
have changed the world. Now, go forth and don't be a nag."
</flame>
Anton
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