www/gnu gnu-linux-faq.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       06/06/21 11:35:11

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

Log message:
        (manycompanies): New question.
        (many): Minor clarification.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.52&r2=1.53

Patches:
Index: gnu-linux-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -b -r1.52 -r1.53
--- gnu-linux-faq.html  13 Jun 2006 21:51:57 -0000      1.52
+++ gnu-linux-faq.html  21 Jun 2006 11:35:08 -0000      1.53
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
     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="#manycompanies" id="TOCmanycompanies">Many companies
+    contributed to the system as it is today; doesn't that mean
+    we ought to call it GNU/Redhat/Novell/Linux?</a></li>
+
 <li><a href="#whyslash" id="TOCwhyslash">Why do you write "GNU/Linux"
     instead of "GNU Linux"?</a></li>
 
@@ -544,7 +548,8 @@
 
 <dd>
 What we say is that you ought to give the system's principal developer
-a share of the credit.  The principal developer is the GNU Project.
+a share of the credit.  The principal developer is the GNU Project,
+and the system is basically GNU.
 <p>
 If you feel even more strongly about giving credit where it is due,
 you might feel that some secondary contributors also deserve credit in
@@ -583,6 +588,26 @@
 framework on which the system was made.</p>
 </dd>
 
+<dt><strong><a href="#TOCmanycompanies" id="manycompanies">Many companies
+    contributed to the system as it is today; doesn't that mean
+    we ought to call it GNU/Redhat/Novell/Linux?</a></strong></dt>
+
+<dd>
+<p>
+GNU is not comparable to Red Hat or Novell; it is not a company, or an
+organization, or even an activity.  GNU is an operating system.  (When
+we speak of the GNU Project, that refers to the project to develop the
+GNU system.)  The GNU/Linux system is based on GNU, and that's why GNU
+ought to appear in its name.
+</p>
+<p>
+Much of those companies' contribution to the GNU/Linux system lies in
+the code they have contributed to various GNU packages including GCC
+and GNOME.  Saying GNU/Linux gives credit to those companies along
+with all the rest of the GNU developers.
+</p>
+</dd>
+
 <dt><strong><a href="#TOCwhyslash" id="whyslash">Why do you write "GNU/Linux"
 instead of "GNU Linux"?</a></strong></dt>
 
@@ -1237,7 +1262,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2006/06/13 21:51:57 $ $Author: rms $
+$Date: 2006/06/21 11:35:08 $ $Author: rms $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>