Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Jan 2003 21:51:07 +0000 | From | Chris Funderburg <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] RMS and reactions to him |
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Mark Mielke wrote: <clipped> > In actual fact, I don't want RMS to stop.
Well, he "hasn't stopped" in years:
************************************************************************ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:49:16 -0600 (CST) Reply-To: lilo <TaRDiS@mail.utexas.edu> To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu> cc: alan@cymru.net, ganderson@clark.net, linux-misc@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Linux isn't an operating system Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Precedence: bulk
isn't there an advocacy newsgroup for gnu software? this is pretty clearly off-topic. speaking from my own experience, it's very easy to get caught up in an advocacy thread, even when that thread is clearly off-topic. :) i also suspect that it will continue to generate flames as long as the originator keeps pursuing it here. ;)
lilo
On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I think I should explain the difference between "GNU software" and > "the GNU operating system". It would be inaccurate to say that a > system such Slackware consists mainly of GNU software, but correct I > believe to say it is mostly the same as the GNU system. > > I started the GNU project in 1984 with the aim of making a complete > free Unix-like operating system. I wrote some parts myself--GCC, > Emacs, GDB, and other smaller ones. Other people wrote other > components for the GNU project. These programs are GNU software. > > We also added to the GNU system some programs like X Windows and parts > of BSD which were written by other projects. These programs are not > GNU software, but they are parts of the GNU system (and parts of other > systems as well). When Linux was written, the GNU system was almost > complete, but lacking a kernel. Putting the incomplete GNU system > together with Linux realized my dream of a free operating system. > > In principle, there's no reason why a system based on Linux has to be > a variant GNU system, and perhaps some of them are not. But as far as > I know, most of them currently are. > > To speak of "Linux Based MIT X Windows/GNU/BSD/MIT systems" would be > correct. But people may find it impractical. The term "Linux-based > GNU system" is also correct, and it is practical. > > By using this term, we can help encourage people to work together > instead of dividing themselves artificially into "Linux users" and > "GNU users". This solves an important practical problem. >
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