Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:19:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:17:44 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]:37299 "EHLO fencepost.gnu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:16:53 -0500 From: Richard Stallman To: mark@justirc.net CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-reply-to: <3E177535.D84F4867@justirc.net> (message from Mark Rutherford on Sat, 04 Jan 2003 18:58:45 -0500) Subject: Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers? Reply-to: rms@gnu.org References:

<3E177535.D84F4867@justirc.net> Message-Id: Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:25:30 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 673 Lines: 14 I think that everyone knows the connection between the Linux kernel and GNU. I wish that were true. Most of the people who know about the system have heard of "Linux" but they have not heard of GNU. Geeks often think they know, but what they know is often wrong; for instance, they often say that "GNU is the name of a collection of tools that are used in Linux." (See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#tools.) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/