Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux"

From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux"
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:14:28 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <459CC574.407@gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv7iw3504d.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>

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Stefan Monnier wrote:
> What I meant above is that a vast amount of non-GNU code is Free Software
> thanks to the GNU project, so even if "the GNU project"[1] did not
> contribute any code to it, its existence as a Free Software is partly due to
> the GNU project.

Also true.  If nothing else, they created the licenses that is used most
commonly for both GNU/Linux and for free software generally.

> [1] "The GNU project" is much more a concept than a bunch of people.

That's true.  However, it's that concept (and those who implemented it,
however connected) that created the largest part of the OS.

I think we essentially agree here. :)

Matthew Flaschen

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