Circa 2001-Apr-26 10:22:49 -0700 dixit Andy Tai: : Hope the LSB can allow the name "GNU/Linux Standard : Base" to be used as an alternative name to the : standard "Linux Standard Base." This will make Linux : Standard Base stronger. : : (this is not meant for discussing "GNU/Linux" vs. : "Linux". this is about trying to unifying commonly : used terms to bring the community together, where : people of different opinions can work together. : Similar cases like the debates Russians went though, : with the result Russia is called, officially, both : Russia and Russian Federation) The problem with using the term "GNU/Linux" is the (originally quite intended) implication that it's a system built around the Linux kernel, the GNU C library, and other GNU tools. The Linux Standard Base, however, should be able to apply to a system that is based around the Linux kernel, a completely different C library that meets the spec, and completely different tools that also meet the spec. In fact, it's possible that systems such as FreeBSD would be able to meet the LSB spec. Putting "GNU" in the name of the spec would seem to be too narrow. If any renaming is necessary, it should be toward widening the implied coverage rather than narrowing it. -- jim knoble | jmknoble@jmknoble.cx | http://www.jmknoble.cx/ (GnuPG fingerprint: 31C4:8AAC:F24E:A70C:4000::BBF4:289F:EAA8:1381:1491)
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