Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 27th Aug 2005 19:41 UTC
Richard Stallman, chair of the Free Software Foundation, said on Thursday that the Linux trademark fracas in Australia has distracted attention away from the real issue - that of freedom to distribute and change software.
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RE[2]: More Stallman antics
by orestes on Sat 27th Aug 2005 21:07
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RE[3]: More Stallman antics
by rattaro on Sat 27th Aug 2005 23:51
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Member since:2005-08-22
Do what you want. It's free code.
RMS is simply ASKING that we call it GNU/Linux. He's not suing anyone. One of his points is that people ARE being threatened for using the term "Linux," but you are free to use the term GNU as long as it contains GNU software. Seems reasonable to me.
RE[2]: More Stallman antics
by japail on Sat 27th Aug 2005 22:26
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Member since:2005-06-30
Unless someone has retroactively changed mailing list, Usenet, changelog, and whatever other archives you happen to fancy, no one is denying Richard Stallman any credit for the work that he's done during any dispute as to whether an arbitrary collection of software using the Linux (or really any other) kernel and GNU software should be affixed with GNU.
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You mean he actually wants credit for all the good work he has done? Bastard. And he's not even threatening lawsuit like the rest of the world. Bitter, old man bastard!