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To me there are two very good reasons for using a special /usr/gnu
directory as the default installation root for GNU software:

1) VISIBILITY: I am afraid that currently many users use GNU software
without being aware that it is GNU software!  Typically users will
pick up GNU versions of cp, tar, etc. from /usr/local/bin, but if they
do man cp then they get the standard un*x cp man page!  Or users will
use gcc because somebody told them that it is `an improved cc.'  So I
sincerely believe that requiring users to add /usr/gnu/* directories
to their search path environment variables would greatly enhance the
awareness of GNU---somthing that the project will benefit from.

2) INTEGRITY: Once users are aware of GNU then it is simply more
honest of GNU to allow users to choose between using GNU and not using
GNU.  A good example is the following: if somebody installs the GNU
libc.a in /usr/local/lib then users might be picking it up and linking
it into proprietary programs without knowing it!  I can just imagine
what american lawyers can make of that... :-)  BTW, a /usr/gnu
standard prefix would also make it possible to stop naming the GNU
utility man pages gcp, gld, ..., something that is just plain annoying
since users never know where to find GNU documentation!

In my opinion, this all means that GNU should ENCOURAGE a distinction
between GNU and other software in instalations!

Regards < kris

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    Kristoffer H{\o}gsbro ROSE                     <kris@diku.dk>
    DIKU (TOPPS group), University of Copenhagen
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