On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 12:17:20PM -0500, Eric F Crist wrote:
> > > For example, GNU shouldn't be given credit for things like KDE and
> > > open office, simply because they choose a license published by the
> > > FSF/GNU folks.
> >
>
> > Well, in an extended sense, maybe they should. Were it not for the
> > GNU platform there wouldn't be KDE (or Linux, for that matter).
> > -pete, who's still on the fence about the name change, just trying
> > to play devil's advocate
>
> Not to pick a nit, here, but Linux exists entirely without GNU. A
> full linux-based OS is hard to come by without it, however.
I call your nit and raise two:
Linux has 17 years now. For its first 14, the only compiler that
could compile it was GNU C compiler.
"Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did."
-- Linus Torvalds (http://www.ddj.com/architect/184412902)
florin
--
Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition.
http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163
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