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"Thomas M. Beaudry" <k8la@×××××××××.com> writes: |
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> I just checked the web page of approval criteria to verify I |
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> remembered correctly and the first criteria is that the license |
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> allows free unrestricted distribution of the software. How much |
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> more free can you get than that? |
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Free distribution of software is one thing. Another thing for example |
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is the freedom to modify the software and also to distribute modified |
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versions of that software. |
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> If we add acknowledgment of the GNU license in the name, then |
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> shouldn't we do the same for all the other licenses that are used? |
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Uhm, the point is not to include "GNU" in the name, because there's a |
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"GNU License" and software included in Gentoo is licensed under that |
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license. Anyone can use the GNU Licenses. The point is not the |
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license, but the GNU software - all the GNU packages, which make the |
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Gentoo system usable. |
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> I say stick with tradition and just call it Linux. |
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... and wake the impression that "Linux" is a great and very complete |
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operating system with it's own C library, development tools, shell |
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tools, file management tools, etc. |
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But, when the majority of the Gentoo team thinks it should be "Gentoo |
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Linux" - that's the decision. I can only say why I think that |
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GNU/Linux makes more sense. |
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Thanks. |
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moritz |
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