that old GNU/Linux argument
Alan Cox
alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Mon Jul 21 21:17:51 UTC 2008
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:33:17 +0200
Björn Persson <listor3.rombobeorn at tdcpost.se> wrote:
> måndagen den 21 juli 2008 skrev Les Mikesell:
> > Björn Persson wrote:
> > > You're still talking as if your opponents want to name entire
> > > distributions "GNU/Linux". I'm not so sure that there really is anyone
> > > who wants to name entire distributions "GNU/Linux". Are you sure that
> > > there are people who want to do this? Do you have any evidence?
> >
> > I don't have much occasion to talk about a subset that is more than a
> > kernel and less than a distribution with real applications so I'm not
> > sure where or why such a name would be used.
>
> It could for example be used in sentences like these:
>
> "Fedora is a collection of programs and libraries built around the operating
> system GNU/Linux."
Linux is a trademark, please use it properly in combination with other
marks.
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