Re: It's not GNU/Linux - it's jusy LINUX

Chase Venters
2006-10-03T21:58:36Z

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Marc Perkel wrote:

>
>
> Adam Henley wrote:
>> On 03/10/06, Marc Perkel <marc@perkel.com> 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