Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 2 Jan 1999 03:33:00 -0500 (EST) | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux |
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Richard Stallman writes:
> You will also help inform the users that the system exists because of > a group of people who stood up for a principle of freedom, people who > insisted that freedom should apply to the whole of the system, and no > less. > > In a time when most of the voices heard in the community say we should > sacrifice principles when they become inconvenient, it's important for > users to know that their system did not come from that approach. > Users should know that a firm stand accomplished something that > "pragmatic flexibility" would never have done. > > I hope you will join me and the others who use the term "GNU/Linux".
No.
The system exists because the Internet (not commonly available before the early 1990's) allows collaborative development. Linux might have died under the original licence, but BSD escaped from AT&T with plenty of tools and most of a kernel. We'd be using that now instead.
My system is i386-redhat-linux or just Linux. It is quite arrogant for the FSF to call it otherwise. Not many people respect a person who tries to claim credit for everything like you do.
Because of this, I refuse to ever mention any of the GNU and FSF issues to anybody learning about the system. You don't even deserve to be mentioned anymore. When I see i386-redhat-linux on all the FSF stuff I compile, I will reconsider that decision. Until then, I hope others will join me in ignoring you as punishment.
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