From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:23:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:23:14 -0500 Received: from flora.INS.CWRU.Edu ([129.22.8.235]:39107 "EHLO flora.INS.cwru.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:23:13 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Nick Matteo To: John Alvord , Richard Stallman Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] RMS and reactions to him Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:31:38 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200301222031.38658.nam14@cwru.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 22 January 2003 11:44 am, John Alvord wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Richard Stallman wrote: > > > The meaning attached to this symbol is one we disagree with (see > > > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html), so we will not accept > > > it as the symbol of our work. > > > > But you don't attach strings about naming in GPL, so you are SOL > > respect FSF owned software. > > > > Please see http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#deserve. > > > > What is discussed here is the operating system (narrow sense, i.e., > > kernel only) called Linux, on which you have no claim whatsoever. > > > > We all agree that the proper name for the kernel is "Linux." > > The disagreement is about the name for the complete system > > that people use on desktops and servers. > > 98% of end users and server users get their software from a major > distributor like RedHat or Suse. It seems to be you would get much bigger > effect by prosletyzing to those companies. Are you doing that preaching as > well as in this small section of the electronic world? > > john If you followed the link in the post you replied to, you'd see he did contact several distro vendors, and Mandrake has started to switch to calling it GNU/Linux.