Re: [linux-audio-user] linux audio wiki

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:58:24 +1000 "Shayne O'Connor" <forums(a)machinehasnoagenda.com> wrote: Hi, i don't agree at all. Sure GNU tools are an important set of tools for every Linux distribution. Some might even argue, they are essential. Linux (the kernel) would probably not even exist without the gcc being available. Also glibc is an essential part of almost every linux distribution (plus all the network-, filesystem-, and other tools kindly provided by the GNU project). But please, this is free software. I can call my project based on GNU software whatever i want to call it. Everyone who tries to force me to use a name different from the one i chose can (from my point of view) also talk to a brickwall instead. It doesn't have any relevance to me. Sure, part of the GPL is afaik that when i base my work on someone else's or even only redistribute someone else's GPL'ed work i have to make sure i don't obscure authorship. This is in no way happening in any of the Linux distributions. The gcc is still the GNU C Compiler, the glibc is still the GNU libc. So i don't see what point Stallmann and all the other GNU/Linux evangelists try to make. Sure, it's courtesy to make GNU prominent in the name, as GNU is a major contribution to all Linux distributions, but there's no legal or even strong ethic reason to do so. You wanted your software to be free. Now it is free and you have to live with it :) Stop complaining. It would also probably help if the GNU/Linux evangelists would simply say: "Hey it would be kind of you if you mentioned GNU in your product name, but of course, you don't have to. It's free software!" Please don't make it a religious issue. Regards, Flo -- Palimm Palimm! http://tapas.affenbande.org