Messages in this thread | | | From | Richard Stallman <> | Subject | Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers? | Date | Thu, 09 Jan 2003 18:13:29 -0500 |
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Just for the record, "operating system", and "kernel" are used as synonyms in the research literature.
The term "operating system" has been used in both ways for a long time. When people speak about the "Linux operating system," most of them mean the larger GNU/Linux system--they are not using "operating system" to mean "kernel".
If you use some other term instead of "operating system" for the larger collection of software, it might remove one cause of confusion. That won't eliminate the question of what this collection's name should properly be, or correct the misinformation about how it was developed and by whom.
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