Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 6 Jan 2003 17:31:16 +0000 | From | "Paulo Andre'" <> | Subject | Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers? |
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On Mon, 06 Jan 2003 12:13:01 -0500 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> 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.
Richard,
I have the utmost respect for your earlier efforts which were of unquestionable importance for the dawn of the free software movement. Can't say the same for your sick GNU/Linux rant though. But considering this is the linux-kernel _development_ list (let alone the fact that this discussion stinks) I do think it would be a much better move if you and your zealots would go away and (perhaps) actually go do some CODING on your GNU/Hurd/whatever instead. All this ranting is more than likely why it got started in 1990 and it's still not near finished.
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