On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:42:05PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 12:29:12PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The FSF wants things to be called GNU/Linux, because its a GNU system > > > with a linux kernel. The same logic would extend to GNU/w32 in that its > > > a gnu system (or as much a gnu system as anything else) with a w32 > > > kernel/ui. > > > > No, because the hallmark, the sine qua non, of a GNU system, is that > > it is free software. > > I don't doubt it. On the other the hand, the FSF's insistence on the > "GNU/Linux" moniker is grounded on the principle of "credit where credit > is due". > > It seems to fair to ask the FSF which principle they value more highly > in this case.
There is no conflict, so there is no need to weight principles against each other. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de
