that old GNU/Linux argument

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 22:17 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:33:17 +0200
> Björn Persson <listor3.rombobeorn at tdcpost.se> wrote:
> 
> > måndagen den 21 juli 2008 skrev Les Mikesell:
> > > Björn Persson wrote:
> > > > You're still talking as if your opponents want to name entire
> > > > distributions "GNU/Linux". I'm not so sure that there really is anyone
> > > > who wants to name entire distributions "GNU/Linux". Are you sure that
> > > > there are people who want to do this? Do you have any evidence?
> > >
> > > I don't have much occasion to talk about a subset that is more than a
> > > kernel and less than a distribution with real applications so I'm not
> > > sure where or why such a name would be used.
> > 
> > It could for example be used in sentences like these:
> > 
> > "Fedora is a collection of programs and libraries built around the operating 
> > system GNU/Linux."
> 
> Linux is a trademark, please use it properly in combination with other
> marks.

... and an GPL'd registered project under the name of "Linux", which has
turned into a wildly successful effort on the part of thousands and
thousands of people. Thanks Alan. Ric

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