Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman

[Damien Miller <djm mindrot org>]

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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Diego Pons wrote:

> > Of course, most Linux people object just as vehemently to the GNU
> > people's presumptiveness on this account.  I happen to agree with these
> > Linux people.
> 
> Would you care to elaborate? I've read GNU's arguments, but you
> don't state yours.

The counter argument is that Linux (the operating system) is composed
of code from many sources: BSD, X, GNU and countless other companies,
projects and individuals.

Calling the combination GNU/Linux credits the GNU project at the
expense of the majority of other contributors. It even manages to put
Linux in second place.

Regards,
Damien Miller

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