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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
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Subject: |
www/gnu gnu-linux-faq.html |
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Date: |
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:25:47 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 15/06/02 12:25:47
Modified files:
gnu : gnu-linux-faq.html
Log message:
(howmuch, distronames0): New questions.
(distronames1): Minor cleanup.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.134&r2=1.135
Patches:
Index: gnu-linux-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.134
retrieving revision 1.135
diff -u -b -r1.134 -r1.135
--- gnu-linux-faq.html 7 Feb 2015 14:55:10 -0000 1.134
+++ gnu-linux-faq.html 2 Jun 2015 12:25:45 -0000 1.135
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@
<li><a href="#whyorder" id="TOCwhyorder">Why “GNU/Linux”
rather than “Linux/GNU”?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#distronames0" id="TOCdistronames0">My distro's developers call it
+ “Foobar Linux”, but that doesn't say anything about
+ what the system consists of. Why shouldn't they call it whatever
+ they like?</a></li>
+
<li><a href="#distronames" id="TOCdistronames">My distro is called
“Foobar Linux”; doesn't that show it's really
Linux?</a></li>
@@ -173,6 +178,9 @@
<li><a href="#justlinux" id="TOCjustlinux">Can't Linux be used without
GNU?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#howmuch" id="TOChowmuch">How much of the GNU system
+is needed for the system to be GNU/Linux?</a></li>
+
<li><a href="#linuxsyswithoutgnu" id="TOClinuxsyswithoutgnu">Are there
complete Linux systems [sic] without GNU?</a></li>
<li><a href="#helplinus" id="TOChelplinus">Why not call the system
@@ -825,6 +833,21 @@
make it seem that the whole system is Linux.</p>
</dd>
+<dt id="distronames0">My distro's developers call it
+ “Foobar Linux”, but that doesn't say anything about
+ what the system consists of. Why shouldn't they call it whatever
+ they like? <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#distronames">#distronames0</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+Calling a system “Foobar Linux” implies that it's a flavor
+of “Linux,” and people <a href="#distronames">understand
+it that way</a>.
+
+<p>
+If they called a GNU/Linux distro “Foobar BSD,” you would
+call that a mistake. “This system is not BSD,” you
+would tell them. Well, it's not Linux either.</p>
+</dd>
+
<dt id="distronames">My distro is called
“Foobar Linux”; doesn't that show it's really Linux? <span
class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#distronames">#distronames</a>)</span></dt>
@@ -842,7 +865,7 @@
<dd><p>If it's allowed for them to change “GNU” to
“Foobar Linux”, it's allowed for you to change it back and
call it “Foobar GNU/Linux”. This is what you ought to do,
-because otherwise you'd be propagating their error and unfairness.</p></dd>
+to avoid their error.</p></dd>
<dt id="companies">Wouldn't it be more
effective to ask companies such as Mandrake, Red Hat and IBM to
@@ -1145,6 +1168,25 @@
from GNU/Linux is the absence of GNU.</p>
</dd>
+<dt id="howmuch">How much of the GNU system is needed for the system
+to be
+GNU/Linux? <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#howmuch">#howmuch</a>)</span></dt>
+
+<dd>
+“How much” is the wrong question.
+<p>
+If you replace all (or nearly all) of the parts of an airplane, one by
+one, with spares, is it still the same plane? That question is a
+philosophical conundrum, but the agreed answer is “yes.”
+</p>
+
+<p>The GNU system is something bigger than just the many components
+that were released by the GNU Project. If you start with GNU/Linux
+replace nearly all the components with others, you may end up with a
+nearly disjoint set of code, but it will still be the GNU/Linux
+system.</p>
+</dd>
+
<dt id="helplinus">Why not call the system
“Linux” anyway, and strengthen Linus Torvalds' role as
posterboy for our
community? <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
href="#helplinus">#helplinus</a>)</span></dt>
@@ -1482,7 +1524,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/02/07 14:55:10 $
+$Date: 2015/06/02 12:25:45 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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