that old GNU/Linux argument
Alexandre Oliva
aoliva at redhat.com
Wed Jul 16 00:36:14 UTC 2008
On Jul 15, 2008, Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com> wrote:
> Linus referred to GNU in the first usenet post that he wrote to
> comp.os.minix announcing his intention to write what would become
> Linux.
And then in the 0.01 announcement, still under a non-Free Software
announcement
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/RELNOTES-0.01
Select quotes (*emphasis* mine)
<quote>
Notes for *linux* release 0.01
*linux*-0.01.tar.Z - sources to the *kernel*
This is a free minix-like *kernel* [...]
Sadly, a kernel by itself gets you nowhere. To get a working system you
need a shell, compilers, a library etc. These are separate parts and may
be under a stricter (or even looser) copyright. Most of the tools used
with *linux* are *GNU* software and are under the GNU copyleft. These tools
aren't in the distribution - ask me (or GNU) for more info.
[...] Happy hacking.
</quote>
'nuff said?
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