www/gnu incorrect-quotation.html

[Ineiev]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
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Changes by:     Ineiev <ineiev> 18/01/10 10:37:26

Added files:
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Log message:
        New page RT #1263168.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/incorrect-quotation.html?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1

Patches:
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+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.85 -->
+<title>Incorrect Quotation
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+
+<h2>Incorrect Quotation</h2>
+
+<p>A quotation circulates on the Internet, attributed to me, but it
+wasn't written by me.</p>
+
+<p>Here's the text that is circulating.  Most of it was copied from
+statements I have made, but the part italicized here is not from me.
+It makes points that are mistaken or confused.</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>I'd just like to interject for a moment.  What you're referring to
+as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling
+it, GNU plus Linux.  Linux is not an operating system <em>unto
+itself</em>, but rather <em>another free component of a fully
+functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
+utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined
+by POSIX.</em>  Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU
+system every day, without realizing it.  Through a peculiar turn of
+events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called
+&ldquo;Linux,&rdquo; and many of its users are not aware that it is
+basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.  There really
+is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of
+the system they use.</p>
+
+<p>Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the
+machine's resources to the other programs that you run.  The kernel is
+an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it
+can only function in the context of a complete operating system.  Linux
+is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the
+whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux.  All the
+so-called &ldquo;Linux&rdquo; distributions are really distributions of
+GNU/Linux.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>The main error is that Linux is <em>not</em> strictly speaking part of
+the GNU system&mdash;whose kernel is GNU Hurd.  The version with Linux,
+we call &ldquo;GNU/Linux.&rdquo;  It is OK to call it &ldquo;GNU&rdquo;
+when you want to be really short, but it is better to call it
+&ldquo;GNU/Linux&rdquo; so as to give Torvalds some credit.</p>
+
+<p>We don't use the term &ldquo;corelibs,&rdquo; and I am not sure
+what that would mean, but GNU is much more than the specific packages
+we developed for it.  I set out in 1983 to develop an operating
+system, calling it GNU, and that job required developing whichever
+important packages we could not find elsewhere.</p>
+
+<p>See <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">Linux and GNU</a> and
+<a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">GNU/Linux FAQ</a>, plus the history
+in <a href="/gnu/thegnuproject.html">The GNU Project</a>.</p>
+
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
+<div class="unprintable">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF.  Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.</p>
+
+<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+        replace it with the translation of these two:
+
+        We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
+        translations.  However, we are not exempt from imperfection.
+        Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard
+        to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>
+        &lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.</p>
+
+        <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+        our web pages, see <a
+        href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+        README</a>. -->
+Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
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+     be under CC BY-ND 4.0.  Please do NOT change or remove this
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+     
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+     years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable
+     year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including
+     being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system).
+     
+     There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
+     Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
+
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+
+<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/";>Creative
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
+
+<p class="unprintable">Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2018/01/10 15:37:26 $
+<!-- timestamp end -->
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>