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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48, DMARC_MISSING,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from [64.231.113.135] (helo=scooby.mysterymachine.ddts.net ident=mail) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14Nn9L-000566-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:37:38 -0700 Received: from srbaker by scooby.mysterymachine.ddts.net with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 14Nn9J-00006I-00 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:37:33 -0500 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Distribution Name References: <87lmrtliry.fsf@scooby.mysterymachine.ddts.net> <20010130003720.A19556@kabbu.akopia.com> <87itmxlhmr.fsf@scooby.mysterymachine.ddts.net> <20010130115100.B5028@cvs.gentoo.org> From: srbaker@mysterymachine.ddts.net (Steven R. Baker) In-Reply-To: 's message of "Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:51:00 -0700" Message-ID: <871ytksazh.fsf@scooby.mysterymachine.ddts.net> X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 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: Tue Jan 30 19:38:01 2001 X-Original-Date: 30 Jan 2001 21:37:21 -0500 X-Archives-Salt: da5cbfce-3ed5-4933-96e5-dd1c5549a026 X-Archives-Hash: 4e83bcb93a29bf515969e0e2c75e3577 The "G" (first letter) in Gentoo stands for "GNU". Also, Achim, our lead developer, has the last name "Gottinger". The "G" in Gottinger stands for "GNU". My last name is "Robbins", and the "s" in Robbins stands for "Stallman". Whenever I type a "G", "N", "U" or "S" on my keyboard, you can be sure that I do so with full and total reverence towards Richard Stallman and the GNU project. Sometimes, I purposely type the word "snug" and tears well up inside me. It's been a while, Dan. Nice to see that you have more of a sense of humour about things now. :) Little known fact: Psygnosis US was also located at 675 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA. I worked at Psygnosis for a couple of years. We were on the sixth floor, and the GNU mail room was in the basement. Our warehouse was in the basement. We had cool things in our warehouse, like full stock of all Psygnosis products, posters, and cool stand-up cardboard Lemmings. In their mailroom? Two strange women and a bag of mail. My point? I'll let you try to figure that out. So GNU has two strange women in their mail room. At Psygnosis, you were writing proprietary software, likely under non-disclosure agreements, writing what *others* told you to write, and the company had no personality. If there was a god, she would punish writing proprietary software and signing NDAs. The policy is that we include all the good stuff we can get our hands on. I haven't heard of anyone getting arrested for linking python with libreadline. That's right, because who cares if you are free to do with your software as you please?