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From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux"
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4596018D.8010501@gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ejqikz0d.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au>


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Tim X wrote:
> 
> Now for some final clarification - at what point does GNU/Linux become
> something other than GNU/Linux? For example, I would expect a
> distribution like Debian is certainly of the GNU/Linux variety.
> However, what about Red Hat and SuSe? 

Of course.  They are using the same basic tools and software as Debian.

Possibly even more unclear, what
> about the distribution Oracle is planning to release as the supported
> platform for their Oracle databases, can you also call this GNU/Linux? 

Even more obvious.  Oracle's product is nothing but Red Hat Enterprise
Linux repackaged.

> If there are some distributions which are GNU/Linux and some which are
> not, what is the generic name used to refer to all of them
> collectively (i.e. in the sense of Unix or *nix)? 

Linux distributions, but you will not find a major distribution that
doesn't rely on GNU.  Only a few embedded systems use the kernel alone.

> I also gather from listening to RMS and from some reading that we
> should also avoid referring to GNU software as open source, but
> instead as "Free Software".

RMS started the movement and the GNU Project and that is the term he
chose to associate with both.

Matthew Flaschen


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  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-30  6:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-27 11:46 gnu vs. xemacs H.
2006-12-27 12:57 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2006-12-27 13:10 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-12-27 13:59 ` Sven Bretfeld
2006-12-28 10:27   ` Ramprasad
     [not found]   ` <mailman.2429.1167301573.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-28 11:27     ` Tim X
2006-12-28 18:57       ` Matthew Flaschen
     [not found]       ` <mailman.2457.1167332268.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-28 23:53         ` Tim X
2006-12-29  1:12           ` Leo
2006-12-29 12:46             ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs) B. Smith-Mannschott
2006-12-29 13:59               ` Micha Feigin
2006-12-29 14:17                 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2006-12-29 17:27                 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Alexey Pustyntsev
2006-12-29 18:35                   ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Kim F. Storm
     [not found]               ` <mailman.2488.1167400944.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-29 15:29                 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Giorgos Keramidas
2006-12-30  0:28                   ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-30  6:05                     ` Matthew Flaschen [this message]
     [not found]                     ` <mailman.2537.1167458715.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-30 12:09                       ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-30 17:13                         ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Matthew Flaschen
     [not found]                         ` <mailman.2550.1167498938.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-31  2:36                           ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-31 15:42                             ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-01  2:45                               ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-31 15:34                     ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-01  2:21                       ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-29 23:12                 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Jay Belanger
2006-12-30 15:13                   ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Micha Feigin
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.2547.1167491771.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-30 17:19                     ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Robert Thorpe
2006-12-30 17:49                 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs) Robert Thorpe
2006-12-30 19:20                   ` Matthew Flaschen
     [not found]             ` <mailman.2487.1167396377.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-03  6:42               ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Stefan Monnier
2007-01-03  8:17                 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Drew Adams
2007-01-03 10:03                 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Matthew Flaschen
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.2685.1167818637.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-03 20:33                   ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Stefan Monnier
2007-01-04  9:14                     ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Matthew Flaschen
     [not found]           ` <mailman.2475.1167354778.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-29 18:23             ` gnu vs. xemacs Hadron Quark
2006-12-29 18:32               ` Ralf Angeli
2006-12-27 19:52 ` David Kastrup
2006-12-28 14:36 ` insert name
2006-12-28 20:25   ` David Kastrup

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