that old GNU/Linux argument
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue Jul 29 15:54:58 UTC 2008
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>
>>> GNU is a radical political movement. Putting the name next to
>>> Linux makes it seem as though Linus himself endorses the movement.
>>> But that's rather dishonest, given that Linus has always stayed
>>> away from such political zealotry.
>
>> So I added a +1) and sent it in.
>
> So it would be dishonest to retain the name of the system that Linus
> chose to use along with his kernel because of imaginary concerns that
> he himself waved away when he said he didn't care if it was called
> GNU/Linux, but it's honest to rename it to something that makes it
> harder for the software to achieve its goal, and denies credit to its
> authors while at that?
>
> Double standards?
>
> If Linus was concerned about having the GNU name next to Linux, he
> wouldn't have oked the name. If he was concerned about distancing
> himself from GNU, he might as well have kept a distance from all that
> GNU software.
>
> That argument doesn't hold even ice, let alone water :-)
He just seems like such a nice guy and it is wrong to take advantage of
his agreeable nature to make it incorrectly appear that he supports the
radical political zealotry.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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