On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 03:56:47PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 06:29:45PM -0500, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > All they would ever allow themselve to do is to ask you to give them > > credit. You are allowed to deny them their wish. Now, you and many > > people seem to be annoyed that they insist on their wish, and repeat on > > every occasion. Why does that make you so uncomfortable? Maybe it > > makes some people uncomfortable because it encourages them to think > > about more about free software, and about the political stance. Whereas > > some people seem to be more happy with ignoring it entirely. > > Speaking for myself, it makes me uncomfortable for two reasons: > > 1. The FSF is asking for _more_ credit than we give to other groups > that have provided major parts of our operating system. I'm > thinking of MIT and BSD here, as well as the groups behind Perl > and Apache. I'm forgetting lots of groups here, but that's > part of my point. Because the FSF has done _more_ things and has been _more_ important. Also there is a clear reason for the name GNU/Linux: The only place where the idea of free software is good expressed is at the GNU page. > 2. The Debian OS is _not_ an instance of the GNU project. It doesn't > qualify, because it contains references to non-free software. > (For the context of this argument, consider if "Debian GNU/Solaris" > would be an appropriate name for a Solaris port.) I don't see why not, but I think solaris doesn't comply with the DFSG. NetBSD does, the NetBSD port is called Debian GNU/NetBSD. 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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