Re: [gentoo-dev] License criteria for Gentoo

[Mark Bainter]

Moritz Schulte [moritz@×××××××××××××××.de] wrote:
> Mark Bainter <mark-gt@×××××.org> writes:
>
> > I think it really has little to do with giving credit for that
> > development to the developers.  That's already done.
>
> Well, it is done, because there are people out there who mention that
> GNU is such an important piece of the whole operating system.  If no
> one would mention GNU and it would be only the "Linux system" - this
> wouldn't seem like much credit to the GNU people to me.

It is done because names/info is right there in the documentation
and man pages.  Same as every other tool and application.  

> > To think that they are or were somehow critically important to this
> > movement is incredibly foolish.
>
> Really?  I am not so sure wether the Free Software movement would
> exist nowadays without the FSF and the GNU Project.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion.  However, remember that
nature abhors a vacuum.  In my opinion, it would've simply been a 
matter of time before someone else did it.  This doesn't mean those
who worked hard to bring us what we have today don't deserve our
thanks or credit for what they did, but it DOES mean they shouldn't
get a big head and act like the whole movement hinge(s|d) on their
existence.  It doesn't.