"HY: OK, we're running out of space. Anything that you'd like to add?
RMS: About Linux. I am requesting people to call systems using the Linux kernel, "GNU/Linux" or "GNU system using the Linux kernel". This is because the so-called "Linux" system are mostly the GNU system. And another concern is that there is a growing misunderstanding that these systems have little to do with the GNU project, which is creating a split in the free software movement.
HY: But that's rather hard to swallow. I, for one thing, learned much about GNU through Linux, and started to make donations because of that. So there should be a substantial recognition and expansion of the free software world without the name change. And I'd say the kernel is the most central part of a system, so there's nothing wrong to refer to the whole system by its kernel.
RMS: That's another huge misconception. Kernel is only one of the major essential components. I'd say that the compiler is more important.
HY: (...But non-programmers hardly ever use the compiler...)
RMS: But as you say, Linux did contribute a lot to the expansion of the free software world. And I don't have anything against the system, I use it myself and if anyone asks me what system they should use, I say GNU/Linux because its the best system available. I'm concerned about proper credit, and the very real and unnecessary split in the free software world.
And lastly, I'd like to encourage CD-ROM vendors to increase their sales price by a dollar or two and donate that to FSF or some other free software project. That would be advantageous for the society in the long run, because that would lead to more free software. And then they should express how much they are donating for each CD-ROM, so that the users can judge their contribution to the free software movement."
P-e que je suis imbécile, mais j'ai tendance à bcp plus estimer Linus (même si n'est pas sans reproches) que patente rms.
[^] # Re: tjrs bon de relire
Posté par Croweye . En réponse à la dépêche Reproches de RMS sur les mainteneurs de la glibc. Évalué à 1.
"HY: OK, we're running out of space. Anything that you'd like to add?
RMS: About Linux. I am requesting people to call systems using the Linux kernel, "GNU/Linux" or "GNU system using the Linux kernel". This is because the so-called "Linux" system are mostly the GNU system. And another concern is that there is a growing misunderstanding that these systems have little to do with the GNU project, which is creating a split in the free software movement.
HY: But that's rather hard to swallow. I, for one thing, learned much about GNU through Linux, and started to make donations because of that. So there should be a substantial recognition and expansion of the free software world without the name change. And I'd say the kernel is the most central part of a system, so there's nothing wrong to refer to the whole system by its kernel.
RMS: That's another huge misconception. Kernel is only one of the major essential components. I'd say that the compiler is more important.
HY: (...But non-programmers hardly ever use the compiler...)
RMS: But as you say, Linux did contribute a lot to the expansion of the free software world. And I don't have anything against the system, I use it myself and if anyone asks me what system they should use, I say GNU/Linux because its the best system available. I'm concerned about proper credit, and the very real and unnecessary split in the free software world.
And lastly, I'd like to encourage CD-ROM vendors to increase their sales price by a dollar or two and donate that to FSF or some other free software project. That would be advantageous for the society in the long run, because that would lead to more free software. And then they should express how much they are donating for each CD-ROM, so that the users can judge their contribution to the free software movement."
P-e que je suis imbécile, mais j'ai tendance à bcp plus estimer Linus (même si n'est pas sans reproches) que patente rms.
(passez par http://www.kde.org/food/food.html(...) , y'a d autres choses intéressantes à lire)