Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030588AbWJCV6g (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:58:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030587AbWJCV6g (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:58:36 -0400 Received: from relay00.pair.com ([209.68.5.9]:55048 "HELO relay00.pair.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030588AbWJCV6f (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:58:35 -0400 X-pair-Authenticated: 71.197.50.189 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:58:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Chase Venters X-X-Sender: root@turbotaz.ourhouse To: Marc Perkel cc: Adam Henley , Ivan Dimitrov , "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: It's not GNU/Linux - it's jusy LINUX In-Reply-To: <4522DA72.7070908@perkel.com> Message-ID: References: <20060928144028.GA21814@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <4520D40F.8080500@perkel.com> <4522CF20.9070501@pzforum.net> <4522D36B.10100@perkel.com> <4522DA72.7070908@perkel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1681 Lines: 45 On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Marc Perkel wrote: > > > Adam Henley wrote: >> On 03/10/06, Marc Perkel wrote: >> < ... > >> > 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. >> > >> >> o_O >> >> Well this *is* the Linux kernel mailing list...so yes, the kernel is >> called Linux. >> >> RMS wants to take credit for the parts of your complete operating >> system breakfast (including GCC et al.) that were developed by the GNU >> project. Whether this is wholly unreasonable or not is an exercise for >> the reader. > > Most of the GNU utilities were just clones of the work the AT&T did when the > C language and the Unix operating system was invented. To clone an existing > product is trivial as compared to coming up with the original ideas in the > first place. RMS didn't invent C, he cloned it. If anything it should be > called AT&T/Linux if you want to give credit to the innovators. RMS is just a > middleman in the process. > Linus didn't invent the UNIX syscall interface either, but I think he deserves a hell of a lot of credit for doing a good job making an implementation of it. I fail to see how this conversation thread could possibly be considered even remotely productive. Can I kindly ask you to stop attacking RMS and the FSF on LKML? Thanks, Chase - 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/