On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 12:29:12PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Shaya Potter <spotter@cs.columbia.edu> writes: > > > The FSF wants things to be called GNU/Linux, because its a GNU system > > with a linux kernel. The same logic would extend to GNU/w32 in that its > > a gnu system (or as much a gnu system as anything else) with a w32 > > kernel/ui. > > No, because the hallmark, the sine qua non, of a GNU system, is that > it is free software. I don't doubt it. On the other the hand, the FSF's insistence on the "GNU/Linux" moniker is grounded on the principle of "credit where credit is due". It seems to fair to ask the FSF which principle they value more highly in this case. -- G. Branden Robinson | You could wire up a dead rat to a Debian GNU/Linux | DIMM socket and the PC BIOS memory branden@debian.org | test would pass it just fine. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ethan Benson
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