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Richard Stallman
- makecheck 16y agoHmmm...the summary that claims GNU is "mistakenly" called Linux is a bit misleading as well. There's no question that the OS named Linux takes a lot from the GNU project, and somehow GNU didn't receive much fanfare. But, GNU is only an "operating system" with a complete kernel, and their planned kernel was called "Hurd". An OS released with the Linux kernel is a different operating system, even if the bundled tools and libraries are otherwise the same as what was planned for GNU. A more accurate summary would be that he leads a project whose components are integral to multiple Unix-like operating systems.