Messages in this thread | | | From | (Dave Barr) | Subject | Re: Linux isn't an operating system | Date | 7 Mar 1996 18:05:38 -0500 |
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In article <19960307170024.3147.qmail@ns.crynwr.com>, <nelson@crynwr.com> wrote: >Richard Stallman writes: > > > I call these collections "Linux-based GNU systems" to help promote > > unity and cooperation in the whole community. > >If it doesn't do that, will you stop?
Remember, RMS is speaking with an agenda here -- that is to spread the Gospel of GNU. In large part I agree with the gospel itself, however in this case I think it's silly to say ``Linux-based GNU systems''. As others have said Linux itself _is_ an operating system, as anyone with a CS degree will tell you. Is GNU underreported as contributing to the success of Linux? Perhaps, but I don't think so. The GPL is plastered across every Linux distribution I see.
Linux is a community effort. The GNU community is a part of that effort (indirectly, if not directly). Do we need to say more?
--Dave
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