Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Jay Maynard
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:55

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On 12 Jul 2002 11:24:34 -0400, Kevin Everets <kevin.everets@alcatel.com> wrote:
>But the system _is_ GNU.  GNU is nothing but the same of a system.
>The system is _much_ more than the kernel, but not more than itself.

Your analogies fall down on one simple point: both the computer system and
the car are products of one entity. The collection of stuff that the
Stallmanites want to call GNU/Linux is emphatically *NOT* the product of one
entity, or even licensed under one license. It's the product of thousands.
Maybe tens of thousands. It's the product of hundreds of separate projects.
The GNU Project may well not be the biggest contributor. (The XFree86
Project is a likely contender, and they're emphatically *NOT* Stallmanites.)
That's why insisting that GNU be added to the name is just plain wrong: it's
hijacking the contributions of all of those other folks to support something
they may well have violent disagreements with.

The system is *NOT* GNU. For you to claim that it is merely shows how little
you know about just what goes into a Linux system.

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From: jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:55:47 -0000
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