Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?

[Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro]

Em Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:32:21 +0000
Dave Crossland <address@hidden> escreveu:

> It was released in the early 90s, with the Linux kernel substituted
> for HURD.
> 

I think you meant late 90s.  Personally, I see no particular relevant
reason to not call a GNU project's GNU Linux-libre based GNU system
simply "GNU".  GNU is a system of multiple kernels and that's all.


> Because this will incentivise people to say that that "Acme Linux",
> referring to GNU+Linux, "is not GNU, because GNU is only available
> from gnu.org" which would be misleading.
> 
> "Acme GNU" or "GNU Acme" or "Acme GNU+Linux" are all the GNU operating
> system.

I don't think that is the real reason.  From our perspective, the true
reason is: RMS doesn't want to yet.  On the other hand, from RMS's
perspective, I'm afraid only St. IGNUcius knows.


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