Re: Debian/GNU/FSF (was Re: license requirements for a book to be in free section)
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 03:38:02PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 02:39:28PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> [...]
> > The serious problem for the FSF is very easy to understand: It is not
> > acceptable for the FSF that Debian decides what goes into the GNU system and
> > what not.
> [...]
>
> So there is a third solution: remove GNU name from Debian GNU/* distros.
The GNU in Debian GNU/* has nothing to do with what the FSF considers
to be the GNU system. The system is called Debian GNU/* because it is based
on the GNU system.
Thanks,
Marcus
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