www/gnu gnu-linux-faq.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       06/06/13 21:51:58

Modified files:
        gnu            : gnu-linux-faq.html 

Log message:
        (other): New question.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.51&r2=1.52

Patches:
Index: gnu-linux-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.51
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -b -r1.51 -r1.52
--- gnu-linux-faq.html  22 May 2006 10:22:27 -0000      1.51
+++ gnu-linux-faq.html  13 Jun 2006 21:51:57 -0000      1.52
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
     credit too?  (But that would lead to a name so long it is
     absurd.)</a></li>
 
+<li><a href="#others" id="TOCothers">Many other projects contributed to
+    the system as it is today, but they don't insist on calling it
+    XYZ/Linux.  Why should we treat GNU specially?</a></li>
+
 <li><a href="#whyslash" id="TOCwhyslash">Why do you write "GNU/Linux"
     instead of "GNU Linux"?</a></li>
 
@@ -563,6 +567,22 @@
 (Linux) while omitting the principal contribution (GNU).</p>
 </dd>
 
+<dt><strong><a href="#TOCothers" id="others">Many other projects contributed to
+    the system as it is today, but they don't insist on calling it
+    XYZ/Linux.  Why should we treat GNU specially?</a></strong></dt>
+
+<dd>
+Thousands of projects have developed programs commonly included in
+today's GNU/Linux systems.  They all deserve credit for their
+contributions, but they aren't the principal developers of the system
+as a whole, so they don't ask to be credited as such.
+</p>
+<p>
+GNU is different because it is more than just a contributed program,
+more than just a collection of contributed programs.  GNU is the
+framework on which the system was made.</p>
+</dd>
+
 <dt><strong><a href="#TOCwhyslash" id="whyslash">Why do you write "GNU/Linux"
 instead of "GNU Linux"?</a></strong></dt>
 
@@ -1217,7 +1237,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2006/05/22 10:22:27 $ $Author: ramprasadb $
+$Date: 2006/06/13 21:51:57 $ $Author: rms $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>