From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Flaschen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux" Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:01 -0500 Message-ID: <4596018D.8010501@gatech.edu> References: <87odpmlnze.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87ejqikz0d.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0715639019==" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167458748 16597 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2006 06:05:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:05:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 30 07:05:45 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H0XLc-00050y-0D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:05:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0XLb-0008J6-7S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0XLF-0008Ic-6g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0XLD-0008Hy-GI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0XLD-0008Hm-CK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [130.207.165.168] (helo=deliverator6.gatech.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1H0XLC-0004un-VE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:11 -0500 Original-Received: from deliverator6.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 03F581815 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from mailprx3.gatech.edu (mailprx3.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.mail.gatech.edu", Issuer "RSA Data Security, Inc." (verified OK)) by deliverator6.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD521180B for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from [192.168.0.109] (c-71-224-192-74.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.224.192.74]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (sasl: method=PLAIN, username=mflaschen3@mailprx3.gatech.edu, sender=n/a) by mailprx3.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BAAF1F8A; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) Original-To: Tim X , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87ejqikz0d.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40026 Archived-At: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --===============0715639019== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig09A5A26B86F6584CF85968E7" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig09A5A26B86F6584CF85968E7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tim X wrote: >=20 > 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?=20 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)?=20 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 --------------enig09A5A26B86F6584CF85968E7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFlgGSQ5LSyju97VkRAsjgAJ0bu7aZg7q0QTITxdrkWahTdEpr2wCgkl4g K0uOfRYrf9ynMUqOUb+wZu0= =vgaB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig09A5A26B86F6584CF85968E7-- --===============0715639019== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ help-gnu-emacs mailing list help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs --===============0715639019==--