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Date:	Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:47:30 -0700
From:	Marc Perkel <marc@...kel.com>
To:	Adam Henley <adamazing@...il.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



Adam Henley wrote:
> On 03/10/06, Marc Perkel <marc@...kel.com> wrote:
> < ... >
>> 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.
>>
>
> o_O
>
> Well this *is* the Linux kernel mailing list...so yes, the kernel is
> called Linux.
>
> RMS wants to take credit for the parts of your complete operating
> system breakfast (including GCC et al.) that were developed by the GNU
> project. Whether this is wholly unreasonable or not is an exercise for
> the reader.

Most of the GNU utilities were just clones of the work the AT&T did when 
the C language and the Unix operating system was invented. To clone an 
existing product is trivial as compared to coming up with the original 
ideas in the first place. RMS didn't invent C, he cloned it. If anything 
it should be called AT&T/Linux if you want to give credit to the 
innovators. RMS is just a middleman in the process.


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