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On Wednesday 07 August 2002 13:36, Jean-Michel Smith wrote: |
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> In the spirit of that Freedom why not accept that kind of compromise |
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> (either dual naming the distro or dropping the word Linux entirely) |
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So if you take Hurd as the kernel, you could just name it Gentoo GNU as Hurd |
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is GNU too :) |
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And why not let drobbins choose his own name. You can name your ditribution |
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all the way _you_ want to name it. It doesn't matter what the kernel is or |
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what the basic software like libc and utils like mount come from if he |
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chooses to call it after the Kernel it's running let him do that. |
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If you make a live CD with nothing but a kernel, XFree and openoffice, to show |
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other ppl openoffice, you can call it "OpenOffice Demo XYZ" without |
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mentioning the Kernel and XFree in the name although without it the whole |
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damn thing won't run. |
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> but I think the vast majority of people on either side could live with |
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> either compromise just fine. |
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And quite a lot just don't care what it's called anyway but care about what's |
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in and how it works. |
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Alex |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety |
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deserve neither liberty nor safety." |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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