On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Florin Iucha wrote: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:08:59AM -0500, Dan Armbrust 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. > > It was not "simply" "published", but _created_ by Richard and the FSF. > And their license and manifesto inspired the KDE and Gnome developers > (openoffice.org and java were licensed that way for different reasons). > In that manner, GNU deserves credit for trying and sometimes succeeding > in opening people's eyes and minds. Well put, Florin. Mike