Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Riccardo Facchetti (fizban@tin.it)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:08:42 +0000 (/etc/localtime)


On 22 Dec 1998, Wayne Schlitt wrote:

> > . You can not say that Linux kernel itself is to be
> > coupled with GNU.
>
> Ever try to compile the kernel with something other than gcc/gas/gnu-ld/etc?

No. That's not the point. Kernel itself is _not_ a GNU work. Period.

> > I have _never_ seen a single person using the term GNU/Linux on this
> > mailing list, except you.
>
> You must not read closely, or you forget easily. Check the archives.

I have never seen Alan or David or Andrea or Linus or someone of the
developers (please don't ask me to call them all by name) referring to
linux kernel as GNU/Linux. Period.

Ciao,
Riccardo.

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