[ale] Time to stir the pot

[Jim Kinney]

He harps on gnu because some other floss licenses allow a coporate takeover
with no give back. Thus the gpl v3.
On Jan 4, 2012 7:56 PM, "Vernard Martin" <vernard at venger.net> wrote:

>  On 01/04/2012 01:24 PM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
>
> If memory serves, Richard Stallman started the GNU Project out of his days
> at MIT and UNIX.  He never (until recently?) had a kernel for his work
> though.  GNU Project provided bits and pieces of the pie but never the
> kernel.  This is where Linus and his tweaking of Minix fell into place but
> well after RMS got his work going.  The relationship of GNU/Linux is a
> marriage more than a following of coat tails that I'm aware of...
>
>  <insert standard disclaimer confirming these are the rantings of an
> opinionated geek>
>
> The problem with GNU/Linux is that it assumes that there is nothing else
> of real import in the system that isn't GNU or the Linux kernel. And that
> is more ludicrous than anything else.
>
> There are PLENTY of non-GNU software present in the system and they aren't
> clamoring to get their names plastered onto the distro type.
>
> I'm not saying that he doesn't have a point. But I'm saying that the way
> he chooses to make his point leads me (and some others) to classify him as
> a pedantic lunatic rather than someone seriously trying to enact change.
>
> Notice that Stallman keeps harping on "GNU" and not "FOSS".
>
>
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