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Oh.. so this is the bog-GNU-down-with-obfuscation-list

..and I thought it was for finding its zest - which nurtured "Linux" & 
brought us together here.

Staying awake is problematic, but then I guess you have to in the law 
courts.
I am trying (, I know ;-).

This is redolent of the "there's no Maaori, due to weakened bloodlines" 
argument, while Racists & Racism still exist, growing fat off their 
stolen land (still, with title fees).

Pardon my bile.

As always, I *want* to be proven wrong, and so to learn.

Please do that  :-)


Jim Cheetham wrote:

> On Jul 2, 2004, at 7:58 PM, Yuri de Groot wrote:
>
>>> Here's a provocative question for you - given the above
>>> statement,  shouldn't RMS be pushing for *everyone who
>>> chooses the GPL* to be  referred to as "GNU/<name>" ?
>>
>>
>> Not all source released under the GPL license is made using
>> GNU tools.
>
>
> So do you think that the GNU-ness of a package should be related to 
> the tools used to create them? I don't think that can hold up, because 
> the canonical GNU project, gcc, could *not* have been created without 
> a C compiler being available ... :-)
>
> Actually, one of the measures of FSF-ness (which might be the same as 
> GNU-ness) is that the copyright must be assigned to the FSF, rather 
> than rest with the contributor.
>
> This is one measure that protects GNU project software from SCO-like 
> attacks on individual authors, I've been lead to believe. The 
> organization holds copyright, is a legal entity, and has funds 
> available to fight.
>
>> GNU and GPL both come from the FSF but they are distinct,
>> IMHO.
>>
> Yes, GNU code is a subset of GPL code.
>
> How much GNU code is there in each distribution, I wonder? And how 
> much GPL vs. other OSI lisences?
>
> -jim
>
>
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