linux-kernel - Re: It's not GNU/Linux

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Date:	Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:58:32 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>
To:	Marc Perkel <marc@...kel.com>
cc:	Adam Henley <adamazing@...il.com>,
	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 Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Marc Perkel wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>

Linus didn't invent the UNIX syscall interface either, but I think he 
deserves a hell of a lot of credit for doing a good job making an 
implementation of it.

I fail to see how this conversation thread could possibly be considered 
even remotely productive. Can I kindly ask you to stop attacking RMS and 
the FSF on LKML?

Thanks,
Chase
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