Re: [Savannah-hackers] Re: Help wanted (sysadmin work)

[Yaroslav Klyukin]

Sylvain Beucler wrote:

> > Ok. I think I am missing something important here.
> > How do you distinguish a software that was written by GNU people from  
> > the software, that just uses GPL license?
> > In both cases it will contain GPL license.
> >
> > Do you differentiate between the two cases?
> >
> > I always thought that if somebody wrote a piece of code and used GPL  
> > license, this software will be called GNU.
>
>
> Not at all! :)
> Check:
> http://savannah.gnu.org/faq/?group_id=5802&question=What_does_it_mean_to_become_a_GNU_package.txt 
>
> and:
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#TOCallgpled

I just re-read the FAQ, but still did not get an answer for my question, 
which is:
How do I distinguish between GNU and non-GNU software, just given the 
software? In other words, do GNU people mark those pieces of software, 
that the agreed upon to be a GNU software? If yes, where in the code or 
documentation to find an identification that the software is in fact GNU?

> > It makes it double difficult to calculate GNU involvement in FreeBSD,
> > because of the misconceptions mentioned above:
> > 1. Can software which uses GPL license be called GNU?
> > 2. Do we count only the base of the OS, or the whole distribution,
> > most of which consists of ports?
>
>
> Maybe not perfectly related, but:
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#TOCmany
> and:
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#TOCwhyorder

I got answer for the first question.
Correct me if I misunderstand it.
The GNU software is the one that is agreed to be GNU by GNU community.

What about the second question?