On Jul 22, 2008, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the gnu utilities in linux distros could easily be replaced with > counterparts from the *bsd's, opensolaris, or any commercial unix > version. And the Linux kernel could be swapped with a bsd, > opensolaris, or commercial unix in a distro running GNU utilities. That all this could be done and yield something else doesn't change what the combination GNU+Linux is. Removing the GNU bits until it is no longer the largest single part of the whole operating system would just give legitimacy to naming the whole after some other part. -- 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
