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From: jmd
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:44
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In comp.unix.admin Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net> <ruhl@4dv.net> wrote: > the major point: why give credit in the name to a particular > organisation, one which hasn;t even contributed the majority of code? > It doesn't make sense. You're absolutely right - the Linux kernel (i.e. the bit of the operating system which is actually called "linux" is only a very small part of the total code for any distribution. Almost everything in the distribution is covered by the Gnu general public license. Therefore, the system should be called GNU and not GNU/Linux. Jack
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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