From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?RmVsaXBlIEzDs3Bleg==?= Subject: Re: [ART] Background image for GRUB Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:28:35 -0500 Message-ID: <545A4223.5000804@openmailbox.org> References: <54594B40.9040008@openmailbox.org> <545951BE.5080301@gnu.org> <87tx2d6aog.fsf@gnu.org> <545A2FAF.3030103@gnu.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]:46456) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xm2O9-0003sG-Og for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:20:53 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xm2O5-0007yo-G0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:20:49 -0500 Received: from mail2.openmailbox.org ([62.4.27.33]:51551) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xm2O5-0007ye-62 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:20:45 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.openmailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76D1720209B for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 16:20:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail2.openmailbox.org ([62.4.27.33]) by localhost (mail.openmailbox.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id ZQHSCHkCqXXg for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 16:20:42 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <545A2FAF.3030103@gnu.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: guix-devel@gnu.org On 05/11/14 09:09, Bruno F=C3=A9lix Rezende Ribeiro wrote: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) wrote: >=20 >> Agreed. But note that RMS asked me to not insist on calling the OS=20 >> =E2=80=9Cthe GNU system=E2=80=9D, at least for now (AIUI, his main con= cern is that=20 >> GNU =3D GNU/Hurd, which is not currently supported.) >=20 > I wonder if RMS has a good argument to justify his insistence in the > truthfulness of the equation 'GNU =3D GNU/Hurd' beyond the well-known > historical and technical ones. >=20 > From a strategical perspective, I fail to see why the distinction > between GNU/Linux-libre and GNU/Hurd could be of any relevance. IMHO, > calling both simply "GNU" would help in the promotion of the GNU > project and its ideals. That would not cause confusion, because GNU > would be defined as an operating system of multiple kernels, and > technical-inclined people would always know how to tell the difference > when needed or appropriate. >=20 I couldn't agree more. --=20 Luis Felipe L=C3=B3pez Acevedo http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/