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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com (mailout04.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.18]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A50CAC785 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 05:10:09 -0500 (CDT) Received: from fwd06.sul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 17u97N-0008FM-02; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:10:05 +0200 Received: from orion.sc (02151503627-0001@[80.133.90.108]) by fmrl06.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 17u977-0LZmvwC; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:09:49 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.2] (helo=fnord.sc) by orion.sc with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17u974-0008E4-00; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:09:47 +0200 Received: from moritz by fnord.sc with local (Exim 4.04) id 17u9IH-0000Lw-00; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:21:21 +0200 To: Paul de Vrieze Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] License criteria for Gentoo References: <003001c263be$c2e72720$f32e58cf@mia> <1032906460.6423.43.camel@fasty.spidex.com> <200209251047.39859.pauldv@cs.kun.nl> From: Moritz Schulte Date: 25 Sep 2002 12:21:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200209251047.39859.pauldv@cs.kun.nl> Message-ID: <87elbinzdq.fsf@fnord.sc> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Sender: 02151503627-0001@t-dialin.net 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: b9b92b28-f10c-4c61-83b1-160eec5b98c4 X-Archives-Hash: 90d61923156cff2581d8092475f748ec Paul de Vrieze writes: > Most people do agree though that a kernel alone cannot make an > operating system, while it is certainly the most important part of > it. That's why a lot of people just call the linux-and-gnu based > operating system linux. Interesting, that makes me remember the Ford/Mazda comparison somebody mentioned in this thread: while the Mazda engine is probably the most important part of the system (the "kernel"), the complete car (the system as a whole) is named Ford and not Mazda. ;-) But it would be wrong and weird IMHO to not mention the engine in our car... moritz -- moritz@duesseldorf.ccc.de - http://duesseldorf.ccc.de/~moritz/ GPG fingerprint = 3A14 3923 15BE FD57 FC06 B501 0841 2D7B 6F98 4199