On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 22:17 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:33:17 +0200 > Björn Persson <listor3.rombobeorn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > måndagen den 21 juli 2008 skrev Les Mikesell: > > > Björn Persson wrote: > > > > You're still talking as if your opponents want to name entire > > > > distributions "GNU/Linux". I'm not so sure that there really is anyone > > > > who wants to name entire distributions "GNU/Linux". Are you sure that > > > > there are people who want to do this? Do you have any evidence? > > > > > > I don't have much occasion to talk about a subset that is more than a > > > kernel and less than a distribution with real applications so I'm not > > > sure where or why such a name would be used. > > > > It could for example be used in sentences like these: > > > > "Fedora is a collection of programs and libraries built around the operating > > system GNU/Linux." > > Linux is a trademark, please use it properly in combination with other > marks. ... and an GPL'd registered project under the name of "Linux", which has turned into a wildly successful effort on the part of thousands and thousands of people. Thanks Alan. Ric -- ---------------------------------------------------- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar https://oar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339 ----------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
