On 11/10/06 20:35 +0530, Faraz Shahbazker wrote: <snip>
toward GNU then it is only fair that you should NOT use any GNU tools to bootstrap your project. Best of luck!!! :-P
As RMS put it, it was necessary to use closed source tools to write emacs initially.
But my whole point is that GNU/Linux is pretty much useless to me. Regardless of how essential gcc is. If the GNU project gets credits, everyone else deserves the same amount of time.
Maybe it is useless to *YOU* ... that's your personal opinion and your free to have one. Is the "GNU/Linux" system useless or is the name
A pure GNU/Linux system wouldn't be very useful, unless I was to write a lot of software myself.
"GNU/Linux" useless? IMO the name is not supposed to have any utility besides clear and unambiguous denotation. So
The name GNU/Linux gives credit to one important entity in userland. My principles require that either all components I consider important be given that credit, or none.
Linux == kernel, GNU == indispensible(but kernel-less) project [excuse HURD]
Pssst. gcc is about the only indispensible component. All the rest are dispensible.
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development. So can we atleast agree that GNU is the first amongst equals and give it it's rightful place? That would be a good start.
And no one would deny them the credit for initiating the Free Software movement. But on my system, there is _no_ first among equals. There is root, and then there are the mortals. There is the kernel, and then there is the userland.
Seriously, you would be better off trying to make the world understasnd why the GPL is better than the BSD license than trying to market the GNU foundation with the GNU/Linux thing. It would have been different if Linus had handed over copyright to the FSF, or if the involvement of the FSF had been more.
And now, if you will excuse me, I have some code to write.
Devdas Bhagat