Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161023AbWI1TfJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:35:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161022AbWI1TfI (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:35:08 -0400 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:5135 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030383AbWI1TfG convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:35:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Sep 2006 19:35:04.0187 (UTC) FILETIME=[3236ECB0:01C6E335] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:34:58 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: GPLv3 Position Statement thread-index: AcbjNTJAPIVMpED0T6+AOQGqDk9Jbw== References: <1158941750.3445.31.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1159342569.2653.30.camel@sipan.sipan.org> <1159359540.11049.347.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060927225815.GB7469@thunk.org> From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Segher Boessenkool" Cc: "Linus Torvalds" , "Patrick McFarland" , "Chase Venters" , "Theodore Tso" , "Alan Cox" , "Jan Engelhardt" , "Sergey Panov" , "James Bottomley" , "linux-kernel" Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2375 Lines: 53 On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Segher Boessenkool wrote: >> However, now some are beginning to see the light as history >> continues to be rewritten and a history lesson is unfolding. > >> These efforts go back to the days when >> "distributions" consisted of 56 floppy disks and Linus was >> in Helsinki, working on his degree. The FSF didn't exist, and >> GNU was the name of an immature compiler. > > The FSF was founded in 1985, now who is rewriting history > here :-) "GNU" never was the name for the compiler, either. > No. GNU was coined in 1984-85 (depending upon the source). It was a recursive 'GNU Not Unix', and referred to some free tools, including Eimacs. One of the most important tools was a compiler which could be readily ported to new operating systems. The GNU compiler was used in an attempt to make Hurd, an early Unix clone. It was also used by BSD and Linux. >> Sometimes we need >> to be reminded of the history of a particular thing because, >> once out-of-mind, history tends to be rewritten by those who >> would advance in its new "interpretation." > > I don't really want to know what you try to gain by this > "properly composed statement", heh. > > Segher > FYI, the place to research your information is not on www.gnu.org or Wikipedia, both of which are too self-serving (in this area) to be used as a reference. You need to dig deeper or ask someone who was there. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.16.24 on an i686 machine (5592.66 BogoMips). New book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/ _  **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. - 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/