On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 22:03:00 -0600 zeeble@softhome.net wrote:
This nomenclatural fight that seems to crop on giving proper "recognition" to GNU+Linux rather than just Linux seems to get a lot carried away at
As much as I like computers, I like cars. And in the automobile industry, a product is known more by the name of the company who put together the chassis etc. than by the supplier of the engine. In case of assemblers of CKDs, the assembler's name is associated with that of the maker of the kit.
Here we are in the software domain going gaga over the engine (Linux, the kernel) while we ignore the kit-maker (GNU). Tell me what good would Linux (just the kernel, that is) be to you? The only CKD assembler I know that recognizes the kit maker is Debian. So it calls it's distribution Debian GNU/Linux.
Sure you all know that "Linux" runs on, well, Linux. How many of you know who supplied the engine for Chevrolet Forester? Or the LeMans winning McLaren F1 cars?
times. The whole purpose of the GNU project was to allow free source sharing, as well as a whole set of values. And not just crap hum-dum about what a particular group thinks should be the way that Open Source must be
True. And this is the exact very reason that FSF is keen on associating the term GNU with Linux. So that every user of GNU/Linux remembers that the whole thing is not just about a kernel or an OS, it's about the freedom of software writers and users. It's about the GNU philosophy.
run. But as this GNU/Linux and Linux divide seems to grow, more and more people who write actual good code are in the news, and it is the zealots who seem to have more time to fight about "ideals" rather than write the code that has an even greater impact on Open Source and GNU....
Dude, you need to take a break. Not even Linus thinks the way you do. Do you have an idea of how much of the Free and Open Source software is developed using dev tools supplied by GNU? If you had, you wouldn't have made such a statement. Heck, even Linux is compiled with gcc. The zealots... LOL!
Though what I said might sound harsh to some, it is said with due respect for people who have found the balance between promoting Open Source via Writing good software and promoting. My only problem is people who make these pompous statements which hardly sync with reality. But I guess they are just as entitled to their opinions and actions just as much as I am.
As a writer of Free Software myself, I consider highlighting GNU's contribution to Linux (as a usable OS), a measure to increase the popularity and ensure the longevity of my freedom.