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From: "Klaus-J. Wolf" <kjwolf@×××××××.de>
To: Fredrik Jagenheim <humming@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Dist name...
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:08:38
Message-Id: 3D514614.5060409@nacamar.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Dist name... by Fredrik Jagenheim
1 My personal opinion is, wouldn't there be a guy like RMS, there
2 shouldn't be any hesitation in declaring everything part of the GNU project.
3
4 But as long as anybody's software is part of a campaign against
5 everything which is not GNU, I have big problems with it.
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9 Fredrik Jagenheim wrote:
10 > On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 02:57:14PM +0200, Alexander Gretencord wrote:
11 >
12 >>Well for some ppl now that someone tried to push the GNU/ part onto Gentoo
13 >>it's this kind of "no, not after this" feeling :) This doesn't bring us
14 >>anywhere it's not the users decision anyway.
15 >>
16 >
17 >
18 > Oh, but let's make it a users decision. I propose a new flag in USE
19 > that will let the user name the system 'GNU/Linux' or 'Linux' or
20 > 'Gentoo GNU/Linux, the best dist for politically correct power users'.
21 >
22 > Now, let's flame over what the default should be. ;)
23 >
24 > No, I'm not serious. Unless it's about code.
25 >
26 > //Humming, pondering if he's naming it GNU/Linux because he used GNU
27 > tools to build it, should he then name his Great Novel after the
28 > typewriter? ;)
29 >
30 > _______________________________________________
31 > gentoo-dev mailing list
32 > gentoo-dev@g.o
33 > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
34 >

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Dist name... Jean-Michel Smith <jsmith@××××.com>