From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_QUAR, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from cj647207-a.reston1.va.home.com ([65.1.132.232] helo=kabbu.akopia.com) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14NTTE-0000Yg-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:36:49 -0700 Received: by kabbu.akopia.com (Postfix, from userid 1020) id E483D9C22F; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 00:37:20 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry A! To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Distribution Name Message-ID: <20010130003720.A19556@kabbu.akopia.com> References: <87lmrtliry.fsf@scooby.mysterymachine.ddts.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <87lmrtliry.fsf@scooby.mysterymachine.ddts.net>; from srbaker@mysterymachine.ddts.net on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:18:41AM -0500 Organization: Broken Toys Unlimited Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Jan 29 22:37:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 00:37:20 -0500 X-Archives-Salt: f98a93a8-af43-47a6-a75c-0e769077e67b X-Archives-Hash: cef6b12376e738515fa6c6fa8e49b339 On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:18:41AM -0500, Steven R. Baker wrote: : First, I'm a very ardent advocate of the Free Software Movement, and : the GNU Project, so naturally I was wondering why you decided to call : the distribution Gentoo Linux instead of properly, Gentoo GNU/Linux? I can't speak for Dan, but... Isn't GNU/Linux a Stallmanism? I recall reading an interview with Linus where he doesn't even think it should be called GNU/Linux, but just plain Linux. : Also, I was wondering if there is a policy regarding licensing issues : that you follow as a project. IE: do you keep track of which licenses : are compatible with which? A little known fact is that the Python 2.x : license is incompatible with the GPL, so no GPL code can be used with : Python without explicit written permission from the author. What kind : of safeguards do you have against this? However, the license is OSI-compliant. In theory, this code "infection" would take place if we were talking about GPL/BSD projects. Though, I don't see this as an issue. We're not developing or extending the internals of Python. Everything is being created as external packages. --Jerry name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... email: jerry@akopia.com || ...It's much more important || than that!