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Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux"
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Matthew Flaschen |
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Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux" |
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Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:14:28 -0500 |
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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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