On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 10:15:28AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes: > > > > > The Debian Project is pleased to announce the latest release of Debian > > > GNU/Linux, version 3.0. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, > > > developed by nearly a thousand volunteers from all over the world who > > > collaborate via the Internet. Debian's dedication to free software, its > > > non-profit nature, and its open development model make it unique among > > > Linux distributions. > > > > Um, still substitute "GNU/Linux" for "Linux" in the last line. > > There are exist linux distributions which > > a) do not have GNU in their name > b) do not have GNU in their source code (really!) > > It would be misleading and confusing to limit this comparison only to > the maybe 2 other linux distributions that don't meet a. or b. > > This has already been discussed. I disagree with you, but I don't want to get in a flamewar. Could we change it to "among other distributions"? Then we are both happy and I think it's pretty clear that we mean distributions of (GNU/)Linux. Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: jdekkers@jabber.org Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
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