On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 04:19 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > > > On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 10:25 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > >> I am inclined to believe, the spirit behind Linux has changed, changed > >> away from being idealistic to playing issues low for commerial interests. > > > > I'm not going to agree or disagree, but purely as background, remember > > that the spirit behind _Linux_ has never been particularly idealistic. > > Linus is a pure pragmatist and has stated multiple times that he chose > > the GPL on practical grounds, not idealistic ones. > > And that's exactly why incorrectly calling GNU/Linux just "Linux" (as both > Ralf and you did) is a mistake. > > Linus started only the kernel. The complete operating system was started by > the GNU Project, which is very much idealistic. I hereby declare this thread officially dead. Is there a Godwin's Law equivalent that applies to the invocation of the 'GNU/ debate'? -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
