On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Marc Perkel wrote:
Adam Henley wrote:
On 03/10/06, Marc Perkel <[email protected]> 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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