[GNUz] GNU developments in ubuntu
Jim Cheetham
gnuz@inode.co.nz
Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:14:38 +1200
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On 21/06/07, Rik Tindall <ask@infohelp.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Jim Cheetham wrote:
> > The worst sapect of Gnewsense is the name - Gnusense was already taken
> :-)
> > Perhaps it's time for gnubuntu (although IIRC RMS doesn't like it)
>
> Maybe I'm missing a funny bone, but, without the 'Gnuisance O/S',
> wouldn't we be paying cold hard coin to use some version of Unix just
> now, if we could use it at all? i.e. what caused *BSD to go Free? :)
I don't see the link there Rik, I was talking about naming standards, not
the existance of an OS.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2005-November/013261.html
"We've registered "gnubuntu.org" for an ideologically-pure derivative. Have
had some discussion with RMS about this. He's supportive of the idea but not
the name..."
Other unsubstantiated comments suggest that the objection was because it
wouldn't be part of "The GNU Project"
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On 21/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rik Tindall</b> <<a href="mailto:ask@infohelp.co.nz">ask@infohelp.co.nz</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jim Cheetham wrote:<br>> The worst sapect of Gnewsense is the name - Gnusense was already taken :-)<br>> Perhaps it's time for gnubuntu (although IIRC RMS doesn't like it)<br><br>Maybe I'm missing a funny bone, but, without the 'Gnuisance O/S',
<br>wouldn't we be paying cold hard coin to use some version of Unix just<br>now, if we could use it at all? i.e. what caused *BSD to go Free? :)</blockquote><div><br><br>I don't see the link there Rik, I was talking about naming standards, not the existance of an OS.
<br><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2005-November/013261.html">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2005-November/013261.html</a><br>"We've registered "<a href="http://gnubuntu.org">
gnubuntu.org</a>" for an ideologically-pure derivative. Have had some discussion with RMS about this. He's supportive of the idea but not the name..."<br>Other unsubstantiated comments suggest that the objection was because it wouldn't be part of "The GNU Project"
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