From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from smartt.com (ktk6.smartt.com [209.52.5.253]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DAE5ABB25 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:20:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (mutla28003.smarttadsl.com [208.181.28.3]) by smartt.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g8N4aqQ17595 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:36:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] License criteria for Gentoo From: Greg Corcoran To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 22 Sep 2002 21:20:21 -0700 Message-Id: <1032754822.6898.21.camel@bosch.spidex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 9bf7a72c-555a-4f4c-845a-3c7971a7fd0c X-Archives-Hash: fef1fc187732d68a8eb320e733d58a60 On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 08:55, Richard Stallman wrote: > (If you would call the system Gentoo GNU/Linux, that would help us > also. See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html.) The naming issue can get very politcal and is wet cement that hardens for the future. Perhaps an idea would be to call it simply: Gentoo OS The kernel currently can be configured only for Linux but in the future we may support other kernels that the community has interest in. When a Gentoo System finishes booting the kernel a copyright line comes up. It currently says something like the following if I remember correctly: Gentoo Linux; http://www.gentoo.org Copyright 2001-2002 Gentoo Technologies, Inc. Distributed under GPL. I think this is ambigous since GTI doesn't hold the copyright for many of the components. I think it needs to be more fine grained. Perhaps it should read something like the following: Gentoo OS (Linux Kernel) http://www.gentoo.org Made with GNU Tools and Components Portage (c) 2001-2002 Gentoo Technologies, Inc. Distributed under GPL I'm not sure who utlimately decides issues like this where its very difficult to keep all parties happy. Perhaps the Gentoo Technologies, Inc. board of directors should decide. I'm not sure who that is though and who the stake holders are. The website could credit significant contributing projects to give credit where credit is due. Certainly Python is a very important part of Gentoo and that's not GNU. Greg