From: Mrugesh Karnik mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" linuxers@mm.glug-bom.org Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:45:43 +0530 Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linus on Linux and the GPLv3 On Tuesday 10 October 2006 21:02, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
2006/10/10, Mrugesh Karnik mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com:
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 16:19, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
GNU doesn't own any software, GNU is software. GNU is not a person, not a company, so the ownership issue doesn't arise.
There goes Vihan's argument from the Andheri BoF. Granted that he did not mean that GNU owned the kernel, but I suppose he has no right to say this:
"But Linus himself uses GCC to build the kernel.."
Mrugesh, the context was in terms of ``credit is given where credit is due and reciprocating". If you are quoting anyone, please mention the`complete' context in which the statement was made.
Regards,
- vihan