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The Linux kernel is not the entire environment. The set of GNU licensed tools and applications is not the entire environment. Gnu + Linux is not the entire envi
by dcminter 18y ago
The Linux kernel is not the entire environment.
The set of GNU licensed tools and applications is not the entire environment.
Gnu + Linux is not the entire environment.
Those who care are aware of the distinction between "Linux" the kernel and "Linux" the environment built upon a Linux kernel. Those who don't are unlikely to be aware of the derivation or importance of either term. Of those who care few are willing to use his terminology.
This is not what I would consider a "misconception."
In my opinion Stallman does his cause damage by tilting at this particular windmill.
- henning 18y agoThe same personality traits that cause him to spend inordinate amounts of time focusing on pedantic bits of terminology are the same ones that allow him to persevere in hammering home the same basic message over and over for 25 years in the face of setback after setback.