On Jul 15, 2008, Gordon Messmer <yinyang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Linus referred to GNU in the first usenet post that he wrote to > comp.os.minix announcing his intention to write what would become > Linux. And then in the 0.01 announcement, still under a non-Free Software announcement http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/RELNOTES-0.01 Select quotes (*emphasis* mine) <quote> Notes for *linux* release 0.01 *linux*-0.01.tar.Z - sources to the *kernel* This is a free minix-like *kernel* [...] Sadly, a kernel by itself gets you nowhere. To get a working system you need a shell, compilers, a library etc. These are separate parts and may be under a stricter (or even looser) copyright. Most of the tools used with *linux* are *GNU* software and are under the GNU copyleft. These tools aren't in the distribution - ask me (or GNU) for more info. [...] Happy hacking. </quote> 'nuff said? -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} FSFLA Board Member ¡Sé Libre! => http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
