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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
gnustandards maintain.texi |
Date: |
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:43:41 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/gnustandards
Module name: gnustandards
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 11/12/22 00:43:41
Modified files:
. : maintain.texi
Log message:
Explain how to talk about systems with Linux as the kernel.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/maintain.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.209&r2=1.210
Patches:
Index: maintain.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/maintain.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.209
retrieving revision 1.210
diff -u -b -r1.209 -r1.210
--- maintain.texi 3 Dec 2011 01:06:26 -0000 1.209
+++ maintain.texi 22 Dec 2011 00:43:41 -0000 1.210
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
@c For double-sided printing, uncomment:
@c @setchapternewpage odd
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
address@hidden lastupdate December 2, 2011
address@hidden lastupdate December 21, 2011
@c %**end of header
@dircategory GNU organization
@@ -2126,6 +2126,17 @@
terminology and its reasons, you can refer to the URL
@url{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html}.
+To make it clear that Linux is a kernel, not an operating system,
+please take care to avoid using the term ``Linux system'' in those
+materials. If you want to have occasion to make a statement about
+systems in which the kernel is Linux, write ``systems in which the
+kernel is Linux'' or ``systems with Linux as the kernel.'' That
+explicitly contrasts the system and the kernel, and will help readers
+understand the difference between the two. Please avoid simplified
+forms such as ``Linux-based systems'' because those fail to highlight
+the difference between the kernel and the system, and could encourage
+readers to overlook the distinction.
+
To contrast the GNU system properly with respect to GNU/Linux, you can
call it ``GNU/Hurd'' or ``the GNU/Hurd system''. However, when that
contrast is not specifically the focus, please call it just ``GNU'' or
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