Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 5th May 2006 11:16 UTC, submitted by Puru Govind
"This famous controversy is there ever since I became aware of operating systems known as GNU/Linux. The GNU General Public License, which is used by Linux as well as most GNU software, armors both characters. GNU/Linux is the term coined by the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman and people who support FSF, for operating systems composed of the FSF's GNU software and the Linux kernel; such systems are generally called Linux."
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Member since:2005-07-18
If it was really a big deal, the Linux team could just re-write all the GNU parts.
Just re-write all the GNU parts? Just? You make it sound so trivial.
I read a lot of people here and elsewhere dismissing RMS, but I for one don't think he gets near enough credit. I'm not so sure there would even be a free- or open-source software movement today were it not for his vision and stubbornness.
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2006-02-20
If it was really a big deal, the Linux team could just re-write all the GNU parts. Either way, Linux will be far ahead of HURD for the forseeable future.
But it's not. It's just a meaningless squable that's pulled out once in awhile when either the tech writers run out of things to write about or when Stallman brings it up (which if he's not prepared to try an enforce it through legal action, he might as well not keep bringing it up). This topic has been covered to death. It's the equivalent of the tabloids trying to start media wars between various celebrities. They love it when Tom Cruise criticizes Brook Shields, and they love it when Stallman gets on Linus' case. It's just another example of sorry state of journalism.