From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno =?UTF-8?B?RsOpbGl4?= Rezende Ribeiro Subject: Re: New year, new name! Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 12:28:21 -0200 Message-ID: <20150106122821.4cc9d9a0@freedom-laptop> References: <87egra60mo.fsf@gnu.org> <20150105104320.GA2569@jocasta.intra> <54AAA270.3000006@openmailbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33068) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y8V7Z-0003kz-Cn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 09:28:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y8V7W-0001gr-7b for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 09:28:33 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38112) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y8V7W-0001gn-4H for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 09:28:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: <54AAA270.3000006@openmailbox.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Felipe =?UTF-8?B?TMOzcGV6?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Em Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:40:48 -0500 Felipe L=C3=B3pez escreveu: > I still think that calling the Guix distro "GNU" would have been > better, and I don't see how calling it "Guixotic - the reference > distribution of GNU" is any different from calling it "GNU", since > saying "the reference distro" implies the same issues RMS and others > saw in calling the distro "GNU". I agree. In fact calling it "GNU's reference distribution" could even worsen the problems seen by RMS, because of the explicit goal attributed to the distribution of being used as a canonical template. To me the purpose of the GNU project is more ethical and symbolic than technical: to provide the mythical --- entirely free --- GNU system and not necessarily to make a distribution for technical reference. IMHO, the GNU project is missing the point. Needless to say, I'll continue to call it simply "GNU". I invite everyone else to do the same. Given that the GNU+Linux operating system has gotten the wrong name "Linux" by habit and popularity, maybe we could make "Guixotic" (or whatever) get the right name "GNU" by a similar practice. --=20 ,=3D ,-_-. =3D. Bruno F=C3=A9lix Rezende Ribeiro (oitofelix) [0x28D618AF] ((_/)o o(\_)) There is no system but GNU; `-'(. .)`-' GNU Linux-libre is one of its official kernels; \_/ All software should be free as in freedom; [GNU DISCLAIMER] I'm a GNU hacker, but my views don't necessarily match those of the GNU project. Hereby I express my own opinion, style and perception, in good faith, aiming the betterment of GNU.