[Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux
- From: lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenneth Gonsalves)
- Date: Fri Jun 4 19:13:36 2010
On Friday 04 June 2010 18:48:04 Asokan Pichai wrote:
KG's well written note tends to suggest that RMS wants credit and
thats the only reason--I see that insistence more as a continued
reminder of the principles he has espoused, in contrast to the
pragmatic(?) stance of Linus.
it is my personal opinion that he wants credit (although he himself keeps
harping on the fact that he needs credit), but the main thrust of my argument
is that Linus is entitled to decide - not RMS. After all Linus has given full
credit to the GNU team - even to the extent that he has licensed the kernel
under the GPL - and afaik has also licensed git under that. What more do you
want?
ps. from the git faq:
<quote>
Why the 'git' name?
Quoting Linus: "I'm an egotistical ***, and I name all my projects after
myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'".
('git' is British slang for "pig headed, think they are always correct,
argumentative").
</quote>
maybe he should have named it RMS?
--
regards
kg
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