[Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

Rahul Sundaram metherid at gmail.com
Fri Jun 4 19:31:54 IST 2010


On 06/04/2010 07:14 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On Friday 04 June 2010 18:48:04 Asokan Pichai wrote:
>   
>> KG's well written note tends to suggest that RMS wants credit and
>> thats the only reason--I see that insistence more as a continued
>> reminder of the principles he has espoused, in contrast to the
>> pragmatic(?) stance of Linus.
>>
>>     
> it is my personal opinion that he wants credit (although he himself keeps 
> harping on the fact that he needs credit), but the main thrust of my argument 
> is that Linus is entitled to decide - not RMS. 
>   

Linus is fully entitled to name the kernel,  Linux.  Noone is trying to
challenge that.  How the operating system should be called is the
subject of debate.

Rahul


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