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Joakim Olsson |
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Subject: |
www/gnu gnu-linux-faq.html |
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Date: |
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:24:13 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Joakim Olsson <jocke> 08/04/30 10:24:13
Modified files:
gnu : gnu-linux-faq.html
Log message:
Added TOC.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.81&r2=1.82
Patches:
Index: gnu-linux-faq.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.81
retrieving revision 1.82
diff -u -b -r1.81 -r1.82
--- gnu-linux-faq.html 30 Apr 2008 09:31:14 -0000 1.81
+++ gnu-linux-faq.html 30 Apr 2008 10:22:43 -0000 1.82
@@ -19,6 +19,197 @@
system that many others call just “Linux”, they ask many questions.
Here are common questions, and our answers.</p>
+<ul>
+
+<li><a href="#why" id="TOCwhy">Why do you call it GNU/Linux and not
Linux?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#whycare" id="TOCwhycare">Why is the name important?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#howerror" id="TOChowerror">How did it come about that most
+ people call the system "Linux"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#always" id="TOCalways">Should we always say "GNU/Linux" instead
+of "Linux"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#linuxalone" id="TOClinuxalone">Would Linux have achieved
+ the same success if there had been no GNU?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#divide" id="TOCdivide">Wouldn't it be better for the
+ community if you did not divide people with this request?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#freespeech" id="TOCfreespeech">Doesn't the GNU project
+ support an individual's free speech rights to call the system by
+ any name that individual chooses?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#everyoneknows" id="TOCeveryoneknows">Since everyone knows
+ the role of GNU in developing the system, doesn't the "GNU/" in the
+ name go without saying?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#everyoneknows2" id="TOCeveryoneknows2">Since I know the role of
+ GNU in this system, why does it matter what name I use?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#windows" id="TOCwindows">Isn't shortening "GNU/Linux"
+ to "Linux" just like shortening "Microsoft Windows" to "Windows"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#tools" id="TOCtools">Isn't GNU a collection of programming
+ tools that were included in Linux?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#osvskernel" id="TOCosvskernel">What is the difference between an
operating
+ system and a kernel?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#house" id="TOChouse">The kernel of a system is like the
foundation
+ of a house? How can a house be almost complete when it doesn't have a
+ foundation?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#afterkernel" id="TOCafterkernel">We're calling the whole
+ system after the kernel, Linux. Isn't it normal to name an
+ operating system after a kernel?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#long" id="TOClong">The problem with "GNU/Linux" is that it
+ is too long. How about recommending a shorter name?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#justgnu" id="TOCjustgnu">Since Linux is a secondary
+ contribution, would it be false to the facts to call the system
+ simply "GNU"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#trademarkfee" id="TOCtrademarkfee">I would have
+ to pay a fee if I use "Linux" in the name of a product, and that
+ would also apply if I say "GNU/Linux". Is it wrong if I use "GNU"
+ without "Linux", to save the fee?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#many" id="TOCmany">Many other projects contributed to the
+ system as it is today; it includes TeX, X11, Apache, Perl, and many
+ more programs. Don't your arguments imply we have to give them
+ 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="#allsmall" id="allsmall">GNU is a small fraction of the system
+ nowadays, so why should we mention it?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#distronames" id="distronames">My distro is called
+ “Foobar Linux”; doesn't that show it's really Linux?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#distronames1" id="distronames1">My distro's official name is
+ “Foobar Linux”; isn't it wrong to call the distro
+ anything but “Linux”?</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>
+
+<li><a href="#whyorder" id="TOCwhyorder">Why "GNU/Linux" rather than
+"Linux/GNU"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#distronames" id="TOCdistronames">My distro is called
+ "Foobar Linux"; doesn't that show it's really Linux?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#distronames1" id="TOCdistronames1">My distro's
+ official name is "Foobar Linux"; isn't it wrong to call the distro
+ anything but "Linux"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#companies" id="TOCcompanies">Wouldn't it be more
+ effective to ask companies such as Mandrake, Red Hat and IBM to
+ call their distributions "GNU/Linux" rather than asking
+ individuals?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#reserve" id="TOCreserve">Wouldn't it be better to reserve
+ the name "GNU/Linux" for distributions that are purely free
+ software? After all, that is the ideal of GNU.</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#gnudist" id="TOCgnudist">Why not make a GNU distribution of
+ Linux (sic) and call that GNU/Linux?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#linuxgnu" id="TOClinuxgnu">Why not just say "Linux is
+ the GNU kernel" and release some existing version of GNU/Linux
+ under the name "GNU"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#condemn" id="TOCcondemn">Did the GNU Project condemn and
+ oppose use of Linux in the early days?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#wait" id="TOCwait">Why did you wait so long before
+ asking people to use the name GNU/Linux?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#allgpled" id="TOCallgpled">Should the GNU/[name] convention
+ be applied to all programs that are GPL'ed?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#unix" id="TOCunix">Since much of GNU comes from Unix,
+ shouldn't GNU give credit to Unix by using "Unix" in its name?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#bsd" id="TOCbsd">Should we say "GNU/BSD" too?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#othersys" id="TOCothersys">If I install the GNU tools on
+ Windows, does that mean I am running a GNU/Windows system?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#justlinux" id="TOCjustlinux">Can't there be Linux systems
+ without GNU?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#helplinus" id="TOChelplinus">Why not call the system
+ "Linux" anyway, and strengthen Linus Torvalds' role as posterboy for our
+ community?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#claimlinux" id="claimlinux">Isn't it wrong for us to label Linus
+ Torvalds' work as GNU?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#linusagreed" id="TOClinusagreed">Does Linus Torvalds
+ agree that Linux is just the kernel?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#lost" id="TOClost">The battle is already lost--society has
+ made its decision and we can't change it, so why even think about
+ it?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#whatgood" id="TOCwhatgood">Society has made its decision
+ and we can't change it, so what good does it do if I say
+ "GNU/Linux"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#explain" id="TOCexplain">Wouldn't it be better to call the
+ system "Linux" and teach people its real origin with a ten-minute
+ explanation?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#treatment" id="TOCtreatment">Some people laugh at you when
+ you ask them to call the system GNU/Linux. Why do you subject yourself
+ to this treatment?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#alienate" id="TOCalienate">Some people condemn you when you
+ ask them to call the system GNU/Linux. Don't you lose by
+ alienating them?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#rename" id="TOCrename">Whatever you contributed,
+ is it legitimate to rename the operating system?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#BSDlicense" id="TOCBSDlicense">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?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#require" id="TOCrequire">Shouldn't you put something in the GNU
GPL to
+ require people to call the system "GNU"?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#winning" id="TOCwinning">Many people care about what's
convenient or
+ who's winning, not about arguments of right or wrong. Couldn't you
+ get more of their support by a different road?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#deserve" id="TOCdeserve">Since you failed to put something in
the GNU GPL
+ to require people to call the system "GNU", you deserve what
+ happened; why are you complaining now?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#contradict" id="TOCcontradict">Wouldn't you be better off
+ not contradicting what so many people believe?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#somanyright" id="TOCsomanyright">Since many people call it
+ "Linux", doesn't that make it right?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#winning" id="TOCwinning">Many people care about what's
convenient or
+ who's winning, not about arguments of right or wrong. Couldn't you
+ get more of their support by a different road?</a></li>
+
+</ul>
+
<dl>
<dt id="why">Why do you call it GNU/Linux and not
@@ -1126,7 +1317,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
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-$Date: 2008/04/30 09:31:14 $
+$Date: 2008/04/30 10:22:43 $
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</p>
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