26 Aug
2005
26 Aug
'05
5:22 p.m.
Pete Bessman wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:25:25 +1000, "Shayne
O'Connor"
... GNU/Linux vs. Linux discussion snipped ...
You think that, to some fuzzily defined extent, we
should say
"GNU/Linux" because that's The Right Thing. This is ideological.
how is it The Right Thing? GNU is free software, you can take it a
release under ANY name you wish, that's what GPL is for (among other
things).
pretending that calling it GNU/Linux is somehow logical or "right" is
just ridiculous, offending even.
(yes, it makes some sense to request it on basis of getting
recognition for GNU but that's a bit different (and definitely does not
make it The Right Thing, at most it's 'a nice thing to do'))
erik