Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:31:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:31:50 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]:38541 "EHLO fencepost.gnu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:31:49 -0500 From: Richard Stallman To: lm@bitmover.com CC: acahalan@cs.uml.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-reply-to: <20030106173705.GP1386@work.bitmover.com> (message from Larry McVoy on Mon, 6 Jan 2003 09:37:05 -0800) Subject: Re: Nvidia and its choice to read the GPL "differently" Reply-to: rms@gnu.org References: <200301050802.h0582u4214558@saturn.cs.uml.edu> <20030106173705.GP1386@work.bitmover.com> Message-Id: Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 08:40:26 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 949 Lines: 21 It is the ultimate in hypocrisy to ask others for something you aren't willing to do yourself. I, for one, will remind you of this every time you bring up GNU/Linux in this list. These two cases are similar, but not in the way you think. In both cases a large structure that is basically GNU or of GNU has a component that is Linux or of Linux. So why do we treat them differently? In general, there's no ethical obligation to cite each and every component of a larger structure in the structure's name. But in the case of "GNU/Linux" there are some specific reasons why it is useful and proper to mention "Linux" in the name. See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#justgnu. - 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/