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In comp.unix.admin Sami Sihvonen <ss@janiika.com> wrote:
> In article <afs1pq$iki$4@news.doit.wisc.edu>,
> Steve Mading <madings@baladi.bmrb.wisc.edu> wrote:

>>>>>>> It is GNU/Linux, not Linux... See http://www.gnu.org/ for details.
>> And the sad thing is, people opposed to RMS's messy name
>> aren't trying to claim he doesn't deserve any credit, as
>> some people falsely claim.  They just recognize that
>> the name of a thing is not the right place to put its
>> bibliography.

> This is not about bibliography, this is about using the correct name.
> It is GNU/Linux. And that name should be used. This is not about RMS
> or his credit, this is about GNU Project and it's credit.

The "correct name" is whatever Linus Torvalds chooses to call it --
and he calls it Linux.

I used to explain Linux to newbies by telling them the whole story of
how it started with Linus using Minix, and how he (and later others)
built the Linux kernel, and how they adopted the GNU tools, utilities,
and libraries to build a working system.  However, since RMS started
his stupid GNU/Linux campaign, I've stopped telling people about RMS,
the FSF, or GNU at all.  If new users are interested, they can dig into
the documentation and the source and find out for themselves.  If they
don't, then they're left with the impression that Linus and his cohorts
did the whole thing.  My answer to RMS and his credit-grabbing is to
avoid giving him credit even where he deserves it.  As for the rest of
the GNU Project:  I'll be glad to start telling people about them again,
as soon as they dump RMS and get a better spokesman.

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