Why is Fedora not a Free GNU/Linux distributions?
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
rms at 1407.org
Tue Jul 22 22:36:55 UTC 2008
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 03:29:34PM -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Why is it a mistake?
>
> All I said is that people should call it the way they want to, if
> underneath the layers of software resides the linux kernel with/without
> the GNU utilites. Like others have said on this list, they should call
> it whatever they consider is best. You cannot force people to do as you
> want, whether old school or new school or whatever you believe. IT should
> be called as you want. Advocating GNU/Linux is okay peacefully, but not
> demanding as you come into the picture. It is not right.
Since I'm not demanding or forcing anyone, I'm sorry to say, but you're
dangerously near to this profile:
Channel of Information, On-line Forums
* Monitor the relevant Usenet groups at all times
* Write well
* Be exceedingly formal and polite
o It is very easy to give offense
o Always assume that you are wrong; ask others to explain it to you
o Developers are impressed by clear, precise, polite communication
o Don’t sound like a prig
http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/Comes-3096.pdf
I think it's useless to continue this, don't you? At least I won't bother
with you anymore, though...
Rui
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