Hello people, I think all should read these articles below also, before commenting further. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
A lot of questions are asked and answered in the first link. Regards John On 6/19/07, Anton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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 _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
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