Messages in this thread | | | From | Richard Stallman <> | Subject | Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers? | Date | Mon, 06 Jan 2003 12:13:01 -0500 |
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You *chose* GNU/Linux to parallel Unix? I assume you mean that you influenced GNU into using a Unix base with the eventual goal of having some sort of GNU Unix base (the Hurd?). The words you selected above are rather assuming.
I decided in 1983 to develop a Unix-compatible operating system, and then chose the name GNU for it. In 1990, after finding or writing most of the necessary components, we started developing a kernel for the GNU system; that kernel is the GNU Hurd. Since Linux was working long before the Hurd, people mostly use GNU with Linux instead.
See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html for the history of GNU. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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