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 mailout09.sul.t-online.com (mailout09.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.84]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 397C7AC3C8 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:10:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: from fwd01.sul.t-online.de by mailout09.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 17tSyO-0001Fb-01; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:10:00 +0200 Received: from orion.sc (02151503627-0001@[217.228.47.20]) by fmrl01.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 17tSyJ-1UFuK0C; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:09:55 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.2] (helo=fnord.sc) by orion.sc with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17tSyH-0004HA-00 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:09:53 +0200 Received: from moritz by fnord.sc with local (Exim 4.04) id 17tT96-0001R3-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:21:04 +0200 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] License criteria for Gentoo References: <200209230847.10229.ben@thatproject.co.uk> From: Moritz Schulte Date: 23 Sep 2002 15:21:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200209230847.10229.ben@thatproject.co.uk> Message-ID: <87y99son9b.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: 4a8b9899-95d3-48d2-93ca-4e735de1c197 X-Archives-Hash: 90c82c458317e3512ffebe22e77b9844 Benj writes: > Wasn't the idea to include a USE variable of something, so that > users could choose which to call it? This has nothing to do with the actuall point. People asking the Gentoo team to call the system GNU/Linux don't ask simply because they would like to read the small word "GNU" on _their_ system - they can change _their_ system. I think, quite few people care about wether my /etc/issue says Linux or GNU/Linux. Nor is it of much interest of wether I prefer the name Linux or GNU/Linux. The point is that the name GNU/Linux gives credits to the GNU Project, which has helped so much to create this "Linux system" we like to use - in a technical but also in a philosophical way. But all this is already written down in the URL RMS gave. The point is that the name GNU/Linux would make some people realize what Linux is and what GNU is. It would probably make more people understand how important GNU is and that is a bit weird to call the whole operating system "Linux". The argument was given that Phython is not part of the GNU Project, although it is an essential piece for the Gentoo part of the Gentoo system. Still, the system on which Portage is running is the same. moritz -- moritz@duesseldorf.ccc.de - http://duesseldorf.ccc.de/~moritz/ GPG fingerprint = 3A14 3923 15BE FD57 FC06 B501 0841 2D7B 6F98 4199