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The trouble is, GNU is only _part_ of the GNU/Linux operating system. What people actually experience as "the operating system" day to day includes the kernel,
by pc2g4d 11y ago
The trouble is, GNU is only _part_ of the GNU/Linux operating system. What people actually experience as "the operating system" day to day includes the kernel, and a bunch of GNU userspace, and a bunch of BSD userspace, and a bunch of completely unrelated software. Is systemd a GNU project? Is yum/apt/dnf/whatever? Is KDE or XFCE or X.org?
They're totally right that the GNU components are an indispensable part of a Linux system. But if they wanted to guarantee they got continuous credit for their components over the decades then maybe GNU shouldn't have given their software away to the world to do with largely as it pleases.
- Osiris 11y agoI came here to say the same thing. GNU provides user-land applications and libraries. I have a hard time seeing their jump to "GNU operating system". There's a LOT of code that makes up a *nix distribution and GNU, I'm sure, is a fairly small part of the overall code even though it's a pretty important one.
- mikegerwitz 11y ago> The trouble is, GNU is only _part_ of the GNU/Linux operating system. GNU is a fully free/libre replacement for the Unix operating system, not just a collection of GNU programs: https://gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html https://gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html GNU never has been all GNU software---GNU wrote tools that were needed, and used free software when it was available.