Re: rms on debian

To: Isaac To <kkto@csis.hku.hk>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: rms on debian
From: Carl Fink <carlf@fink.to>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 23:16:42 -0400
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References: <[🔎] 1061093886.711.54.camel@debian.potter> <[🔎] 20030817234427.601927bd.aradorlinux@yahoo.es> <[🔎] 7iada71zpe.fsf@enark.csis.hku.hk>

On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 10:12:13AM +0800, Isaac To wrote:

> Different people have different opinions, and the fact that www.gnu.org
> decided not to have a link to Debian means that the crews in www.gnu.org
> agreed to RMS about not having Debian listed is a good idea, even though GNU
> is the one who started Debian.

That's not quite correct, although RMS was involved before a Debian
distro existed.  Read _Free as in Freedom_.  Ian Murdock came up with
the idea, but the FSF supported him very early.
-- 
Carl Fink             carl@fink.to        
Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading
http://www.jabootu.com

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