that old GNU/Linux argument

[Les Mikesell]

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> 
>>> GNU is a radical political movement.  Putting the name next to
>>> Linux makes it seem as though Linus himself endorses the movement.
>>> But that's rather dishonest, given that Linus has always stayed
>>> away from such political zealotry.
> 
>> So I added a +1) and sent it in.  
> 
> So it would be dishonest to retain the name of the system that Linus
> chose to use along with his kernel because of imaginary concerns that
> he himself waved away when he said he didn't care if it was called
> GNU/Linux, but it's honest to rename it to something that makes it
> harder for the software to achieve its goal, and denies credit to its
> authors while at that?
> 
> Double standards?
> 
> If Linus was concerned about having the GNU name next to Linux, he
> wouldn't have oked the name.  If he was concerned about distancing
> himself from GNU, he might as well have kept a distance from all that
> GNU software.
> 
> That argument doesn't hold even ice, let alone water :-)

He just seems like such a nice guy and it is wrong to take advantage of 
his agreeable nature to make it incorrectly appear that he supports the 
radical political zealotry.

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   Les Mikesell
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