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I can't speak for Dan, but... Isn't GNU/Linux a Stallmanism? |
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I recall reading an interview with Linus where he doesn't even |
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think it should be called GNU/Linux, but just plain Linux. |
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Yes, GNU/Linux *is* a Stallmanism, it just so happens that Stallman is |
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right and Linus is wrong. Linux is just a kernel, nothing more. An |
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operating system consists of a kernel as well as the software that |
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goes into it. The software that makes up a base system is made by GNU |
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(the compiler, libc, all of the userland utilities) therefore, it's a |
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GNU system. You can be running a BSD, Sun, Mach, or HURD kernel and |
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still be running a GNU system. |
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Some argue that FreeBSD uses GCC and other GNU utilities as well, |
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however, FreeBSD uses *only* the GNU C Compiler, and has their own |
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libc and userland utilities. GNU/Linux is the correct name for a GNU |
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system running on top of the Linux kernel. |
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However, the license is OSI-compliant. In theory, this code |
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"infection" would take place if we were talking about GPL/BSD |
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projects. |
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Though, I don't see this as an issue. We're not developing or |
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extending the internals of Python. Everything is being |
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created as external packages. |
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Is Python in Gentoo linked with libreadline? If so, that's a GPL |
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violation. Don't get me wrong, I *love* Python, but there should be |
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some sort of policy or mechanism that says what can go in to Gentoo |
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and what can't. Don't you care about your Freedom? |