On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 07:15:18PM -0500, Christopher Tessone wrote: > On 24 July 2000 at 12:08, Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> wrote: > > > > So I am a heretic to the Church of GNU. And you know what? I don't much > > care. I write free software for my reasons, not his or yours or anyone > > else's. I don't and won't force it on other people just because I think > > it's right. And until Richard can stop doing the same, he doesn't and > > won't represent me. > > You seem to be missing the point. Richard is not upset because Linus > or you or anyone else disagrees with him about free software; he's > upset because people seem to completely forget that the GNU Project > has contributed the significant majority of the software required to > make GNU/Linux boot. He's not saying "Call it GNU/Linux because it's > free software as in free speech and under the GPL", he's not saying > "Call it GNU/Linux because it will make us look better if you do / > because it makes us look bad if you don't", etc. He's saying you > should call it GNU/Linux because it *is* GNU/Linux. Linux is, very > simply, a kernel and LILO. Your computer would not work the way it > does now without the contributions of the GNU people. Granted, if > they hadn't written, someone else might have. However, the dominant > part of the system most people call "Linux" is still GNU software. > Write a new C compiler, new binutils, shells, etc., specifically for > the Linux effort and maybe you can drop the "GNU/" part. I think I'm going to start calling my place of residence Hammer/House. Many hammers were used in its making, and I would not want to miss giving the proper credit where it's due... :) -- Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.
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