Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Mar 1999 22:52:48 -0800 (PST) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman |
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That may be, however a press confrence was neither the time nor the place to argue about it.
Gerhard
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Tom Holroyd wrote:
> >> Richard Stallman stood up and insisted that > >> Linux be called GNU Linux? > > You know, he was talking about the distributions and not the kernel > itself. People tend to refer to RedHat's or other's distributions as > "Linux"* when in fact "Linux"* refers only to the kernel. Stallman only > wants the growing number of RedHat users and Debian users and SuSE users > etc. to realize the fact that there is a lot more to a distribution than > just the kernel, and that large, important parts of most distributions is > GNU. So calling a Slackware CD "Linux" is technically incorrect (not that > that will stop anybody from doing it). > > [By the way, feel free to delete everything from your system that says > "GNU" when you do --version, if you don't like it.] > > * Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds > > Dr. Tom Holroyd > I would dance and be merry, > Life would be a ding-a-derry, > If I only had a brain. > -- The Scarecrow > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
-- gmack@imag.net
As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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