Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030566AbWJCVln (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:41:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030567AbWJCVln (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:41:43 -0400 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:32945 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030566AbWJCVlm (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:41:42 -0400 From: Neil Brown To: Marc Perkel Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:41:22 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17698.55554.717774.723696@cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: Ivan Dimitrov , "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: It's not GNU/Linux - it's jusy LINUX In-Reply-To: message from Marc Perkel on Tuesday October 3 References: <20060928144028.GA21814@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <4520D40F.8080500@perkel.com> <4522CF20.9070501@pzforum.net> <4522D36B.10100@perkel.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 X-face: [Gw_3E*Gng}4rRrKRYotwlE?.2|**#s9D Ivan Dimitrov wrote: > > If you want to kill linux then fork it.And remember that many people use > > GNU/Linux because of the ideology and the idea of freedom, not because > > of the "Security" that DRM will provide them... This guy Linus is just > > an ambitious and selfish bastard... > > > > Ivan - It's not GNU/Linux - it's just LINUX. Time to get the name right. > RMS doesn't get to rename Linux. Linux isn't going to go away just > because they fork the license. "Linux" is an operating system kernel. By itself it is pretty useless. A thing which is Linux plus lots of libraries and utilities and maybe a windowing system and a "desktop" is a lot more than "Linux". It might be Redhat Linux, it might be SuSE Linux. It might be GNU/Linux. It might be Debian GNU/Linux. It might be KLX (referring to KDE, Linux and The X11 Windowing System I think). It might be Ubuntu. But isn't just "Linux". It was never my understanding that RMS tried to rename the Linux Kernel as GNU/Linux. Rather he wanted to name the complete system comprising Linux and some GNU software and X and anything else that was free as "GNU/Linux". I suspect he has more right than many to suggest a name for the system seeing how much philosophy and technology he has contributed. NeilBrown - 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/