On 05/11/14 09:09, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro wrote: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote: > >> Agreed. But note that RMS asked me to not insist on calling the OS >> “the GNU system”, at least for now (AIUI, his main concern is that >> GNU = GNU/Hurd, which is not currently supported.) > > I wonder if RMS has a good argument to justify his insistence in the > truthfulness of the equation 'GNU = GNU/Hurd' beyond the well-known > historical and technical ones. > > From a strategical perspective, I fail to see why the distinction > between GNU/Linux-libre and GNU/Hurd could be of any relevance. IMHO, > calling both simply "GNU" would help in the promotion of the GNU > project and its ideals. That would not cause confusion, because GNU > would be defined as an operating system of multiple kernels, and > technical-inclined people would always know how to tell the difference > when needed or appropriate. >
I couldn't agree more. -- Luis Felipe López Acevedo http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/
