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Anyway, this misses the point of the FSF in insisting on calling it GNU/Linux. The point of the GNU is not to name every application that runs on your system,
by dec0dedab0de 10y ago
Anyway, this misses the point of the FSF in insisting on calling it GNU/Linux.
The point of the GNU is not to name every application that runs on your system, but to say that you're running the Linux kernel AND the GNU userland to have a functional system, i.e. that GNU is the second half of a complete system, GNU/Linux.
I thought the point was to bring attention to the idea of Free Software as a philosophy. Where as Open Source is more of a marketing tool.
- snambi 10y agoTotally true. What is the purpose of opensource anyway? somehow most corporations believe that opensource is good for them.
- AsyncAwait 10y agoTotally, by association with the GNU Project, you'll certainly come across FSF and their work to promote free software, which is the ultimate goal.