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They can't call it that because of trademark issues. Linux is trademarked, so Microsoft can't call anything of theirs "Linux something" without a license, just
by bitwize 4y ago
They can't call it that because of trademark issues. Linux is trademarked, so Microsoft can't call anything of theirs "Linux something" without a license, just like third-party software vendors can't call anything "Windows something". However, some leeway is permitted for calling your thing "something for Windows" or "something for Linux".
Someone high up at the FSF called the first WSL "GNU/kWindows". Probably the best name of all.
- kgeist 4y ago>Someone high up at the FSF called the first WSL "GNU/kWindows" What does "k" stand for?
- bitwize 4y agoKernel. By analogy with e.g., GNU/kFreeBSD, i.e., a GNU runtime on a FreeBSD kernel, which Debian actually made a distro for once.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoI actually love that. It sounds over the top Stallman but the argument for that name actually holds water.