www/gnu gnu-linux-faq.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/04/05 23:12:10

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

Log message:
        (BSDlicense): New question.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.65&r2=1.66

Patches:
Index: gnu-linux-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.65
retrieving revision 1.66
diff -u -b -r1.65 -r1.66
--- gnu-linux-faq.html  30 Mar 2007 19:32:12 -0000      1.65
+++ gnu-linux-faq.html  5 Apr 2007 23:12:05 -0000       1.66
@@ -933,6 +933,16 @@
 name people can use for the system.
 </dd>
 
+<dt id="BSDlicense">Since you objected to the original BSD license's
+advertising requirement to give credit to the University of California,
+isn't it hypocritical to demand credit for the GNU project?</dt>
+
+<dd>
+It would be hypocritical to make the name GNU/Linux a license
+requirement, and that's one of the reasons we don't do so.  We only
+<em>ask</em> you to give us credit &emdash; to do the right thing.
+</dd>
+
 <dt id="deserve">Since you failed to put
     something in the GNU GPL to require people to call the system 
&ldquo;GNU&rdquo;,
     you deserve what happened; why are you complaining now?</dt>
@@ -1039,7 +1049,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/03/30 19:32:12 $
+$Date: 2007/04/05 23:12:05 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>