Freedom is what all of us are fighting for.. And hence I think that I have the freedom to call it what I want.. And i prefer to call it Linux.. Someone forcing me to call it GNU/Linux would be taking away my freedom.. And thats against the gnu philosophy
Rgds Ashutosh
--- Pankaj Agrawal agrawal@iopb.res.in wrote:
It would appear that GNU and FSF have not gottheir due recognition in the success of Linux. It is not fair. Also, one would think that due recognistion is part of rewards that a contributor to free software movement gets.
It is possible that part of the problem isabsence of attractive name to replace Linux. GNU/Linux is too contrived. The name 'Linux' sounds good. Finding an attractive name that recognizes GNU/FSF contribution may be helpful.
- Pankaj AgrawalOn Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Richard Stallman wrote:
It is certainly possible to advocate freedom in
software and call the
system "Linux". I believe that you do. It is
also possible to
contribute to development of the GNU system in
specific ways while
calling the system "Linux". It could well be that
you have. But it
is impossible to be a true supporter of the GNU
Project, or a friend
of the FSF, while calling our work by a name that
attributes it to
someone else. That is treating us very badly.
The basic ethical question of the software field
is whether your
software is free is; that is the question of how
you treat the general
public. How you treat the FSF and the GNU Project
is a lesser
question--but it does matter to us. So even while
we recognize that
you sincerely support the cause of free software,
we cannot accept in
a list under FSF auspices your practice of
attributing our system to
someone else.
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