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Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop |
Date: |
16 Apr 2002 01:20:02 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 |
rms@gnu.org (Richard Stallman) writes:
> > WHAT IS LINUX?
> >
> > Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with
> > assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net.
> > It aims towards POSIX compliance.
>
> That isn't true--I am sad to see that the kernel developers are
> distributing this inaccurate statement. See
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html.
>
> > It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
> > accompanying COPYING file for more details.
>
> The kernel is released under the GNU GPL, but the whole system--the
> Unix clone--is not. It includes components such as X11, GNU libc,
> Apache, TeX, etc., which have other licenses.
X11, Apache or TeX are not part of Unix, they just run under it. In
contrast, the C library, which glibc provides an alternative
implementation of, is. So you seem to demand people to draw a fine
line of distinction which you are not exactly placing correctly,
either. How ironic.
> The kernel developers ought to know this. How did they manage to
> overlook it? It appears that they were fooled by their own confusing
> practice of calling the whole system "Linux." Fooled, as millions of
> others have been fooled. How ironic!
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
Email: David.Kastrup@t-online.de
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, Rob Browning, 2002/04/14
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, Richard Stallman, 2002/04/15
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/04/16
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, David Kastrup, 2002/04/16
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/04/16
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, David Kastrup, 2002/04/16
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/04/16
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, Richard Stallman, 2002/04/17
- Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, Richard Stallman, 2002/04/17
Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop, Nick, 2002/04/15