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Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux"
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux" |
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Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:42:18 -0500 |
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> So lemme see...
> (1) "Linux" is just kernel
> (2) GNU/Linux is the operating system formed by running the GNU tools on
> top of that kernel
I believe RMS's use of "GNU" in "GNU/Linux" does not really refer to the
so-called GNU tools, but the GNU project which endeavored, long before it
seemed even remotely possible, to build a 100% Free Software operating
system. To this end, it built tools like gcc, it designed licenses such as
the GPL, it encouraged other people to release their code under a Free
license, and it kind of brought some sense and long term vision to all the
"free hacking" that was going on piecemeal around the world.
Stefan
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