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> On GNU/Linux, I understand it to be gcc, glibc & linux but beyond that the |
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> line is a bit fuzzy. In fact, glibc is licensed under the LGPL so I'm not |
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> even sure if that should be included in what makes up a GNU/Linux's base |
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> system. I can't see anything when flicking through the FAQ's TOC, but I'll |
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> read through that later and probably find the answer there. |
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If I understand GNU correct the X Windows System is part of the base |
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system... |
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"To begin with, GNU will be a kernel plus all the utilities needed to |
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write and run C programs: editor, shell, C compiler, linker, |
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assembler, and a few other things. After this we will add a text |
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formatter, a YACC, an Empire game, a spreadsheet, and hundreds of |
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other things. We hope to supply, eventually, everything useful that |
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normally comes with a Unix system, and anything else useful, including |
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on-line and hardcopy documentation." - Richard Stallman |
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(http://www.gnu.org/gnu/initial-announcement.html) |
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"GNU software and the GNU system |
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Developing a whole system is a very large project. To bring it into |
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reach, I decided to adapt and use existing pieces of free software |
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wherever that was possible. For example, I decided at the very beginning |
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to use TeX as the principal text formatter; a few years later, I decided |
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to use the X Window System rather than writing another window system for |
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GNU. |
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Because of this decision, the GNU system is not the same as the |
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collection of all GNU software. The GNU system includes programs that |
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are not GNU software, programs that were developed by other people and |
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projects for their own purposes, but which we can use because they are |
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free software." - Richard Stallman |
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(http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html) |
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