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    SubjectRe: Nvidia and its choice to read the GPL "differently"
    On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 08:40:26AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
    > It is the ultimate in hypocrisy to ask others for something you aren't
    > willing to do yourself. I, for one, will remind you of this every time
    > you bring up GNU/Linux in this list.
    >
    > These two cases are similar, but not in the way you think. In both
    > cases a large structure that is basically GNU or of GNU has a
    > component that is Linux or of Linux.
    >
    > So why do we treat them differently? In general, there's no ethical
    > obligation to cite each and every component of a larger structure in
    > the structure's name.

    Great. So not only is there no legal need to cite GNU in the Linux
    name, there is no ethical obligation either. Thanks for clearing
    that up.
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    Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm
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