17 Sep
2010
17 Sep
'10
8:01 a.m.
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:47:17 +1000
Alex Fraser
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Ben Sturmfels
wrote: I'm sure many of you enjoyed the Stallman speech the other night. He re-inforced some policies I think we should stick to. Please talk about "GNU/Linux" or "GNU+Linux (pronounce the slash or plus) not "Linux" and talk about "free software" not "open source".
It's such a mouthful, though. Can't we just call it "GNU"? I know RMS said he didn't want to, because he didn't want to inflict the same pain on Linus. But we're not RMS :)
The name Linux has a lot of mindshare in the general population. My preference it to refer to Linux while giving credit to the GNU project in conversation. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl