Re: custom vs. derivative

[Charles Plessy <charles-debian-nospam@plessy.org>]

Le Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 12:33:30PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:45:37PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> >Le Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:10:55AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> >> 
> >> If someone can find official Debian definition of "Debian distribution" 
> 
> >I would just suggest to us "Debian operating system" instead.
> 
> Why do you suggest this different one?

Hi Jonas,

I suggest it because :

 - The front page of www.debian.org says "Debian is a free operating
   system (OS) for your computer."

 - www.debian.org/releases then introduces the three "distributions" of
   Debian, Stable (released), Testing (queue for next stable), and
   Unstable (development). Using "Debian OS" instead of "Debian
   distribution" suppresses the question : "Which distribution?"

 - It distinguishes Debian as a software from Debian as a group of
   people or Debian as an infrastructure. (But this is less relevant to
   this discussion).

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
http://charles.plessy.org
Wakō, Saitama, Japan