Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:54:38 -0800 (PST) | From | Eric <> | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Richard Stallman wrote:
> As far as I can tell, your insistance on everybody using the term > "GNU/Linux" is because YOU want to enslave all of us into YOUR > organisation. > > I ask people to use the term "GNU/Linux", in order to help inform > other people about the history of the operating system in question. > Many people think that the development of the system as a whole > started in 1991, when Linux was written. Actually it was started in > 1984 by the GNU project. > > If you talk with the people who use the term "GNU/Linux", you'll find > that I actually have no power over them; I can't force them to do > anything. I wouldn't want to, even if I could. I can only point out > the facts, and ask people to act accordingly. Then they make their > own decisions.
What could possibly be wrong with this? It's true and it's also not terribly obvious to a lot of people how much Linux owes to the FSF, GPL and GNU.
It's important to note that there's a lot of code out there that is GPLed but has nothing to do with the FSF, other than to recognize the origins of the license which makes it all possible.
RMS may say things at times which inflame people a bit but I fail to understand the abuse that some people heap upon him. It's uncalled for. Furrfu, is it that big a deal to use "GNU/Linux" once out of ten? Is it really going to hurt you?
Regards, Eric
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