Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:34:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:34:00 -0500 Received: from findaloan-online.cc ([216.209.85.42]:50962 "EHLO mark.mielke.cc") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:33:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:51:07 -0500 From: Mark Mielke To: "Richard B. Johnson" Cc: Jesse Pollard , Richard Stallman , R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl, jalvo@mbay.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Nvidia and its choice to read the GPL "differently" Message-ID: <20030113175107.GA7770@mark.mielke.cc> References: <200301131109.48727.pollard@admin.navo.hpc.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 12:22:27PM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > ... > So much for tha absolute bullshit that GNU started Linux and that > there is somehow a GNU/Linux. Most all of the early distributions > used programs ported from BSD. The Linux-BSD emulation was so good > that most programs needed to only be recompiled. > That, ladies and gentlemen, is the true history of the "Linux Operating > System" with all of the components that RMS insists are his, actually > coming from the University of California, Berkeley. > Don't be bambozzled by the persons who will re-write history to glorify > their accomplishments. Saying something over-and-over again doesn't > make it true. Facts stand alone. They only need to be noted. Bullshit > needs repeating. Heck, even glibc was not used by most distributions before a few years ago. mark -- mark@mielke.cc/markm@ncf.ca/markm@nortelnetworks.com __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/ - 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/