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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:41:22 +1000 From: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> To: Marc Perkel <marc@...kel.com> Cc: Ivan Dimitrov <madcat@...orum.net>, "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: It's not GNU/Linux - it's jusy LINUX On Tuesday October 3, marc@...kel.com wrote: > Ivan Dimitrov wrote: > > If you want to kill linux then fork it.And remember that many people use > > GNU/Linux because of the ideology and the idea of freedom, not because > > of the "Security" that DRM will provide them... This guy Linus is just > > an ambitious and selfish bastard... > > > > Ivan - It's not GNU/Linux - it's just LINUX. Time to get the name right. > RMS doesn't get to rename Linux. Linux isn't going to go away just > because they fork the license. "Linux" is an operating system kernel. By itself it is pretty useless. A thing which is Linux plus lots of libraries and utilities and maybe a windowing system and a "desktop" is a lot more than "Linux". It might be Redhat Linux, it might be SuSE Linux. It might be GNU/Linux. It might be Debian GNU/Linux. It might be KLX (referring to KDE, Linux and The X11 Windowing System I think). It might be Ubuntu. But isn't just "Linux". It was never my understanding that RMS tried to rename the Linux Kernel as GNU/Linux. Rather he wanted to name the complete system comprising Linux and some GNU software and X and anything else that was free as "GNU/Linux". I suspect he has more right than many to suggest a name for the system seeing how much philosophy and technology he has contributed. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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