[wplug] In closing

[N. Iglehart]

The issue RMS has with Linux has nothing to do with a license, but the
fact that so many of the core Linux utilities and software are GNU
tools. This includes most of the basic utilities such as ls, cat, more,
etc and the very compiler, gcc, that makes 99.999% of Linux into
executables.

His point is actually very valid, but he's turned it into a stumbling
block.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf
Of
> Casey West
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:26 PM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: Re: [wplug] In closing
> 
> It was Tuesday, February 17, 2004 when Jonathan S Billings took the
soap
> box, saying:
> : On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 12:05, Weber, Larry A wrote:
> : > By the way has any consideration been given to formally modify
WPLUG
> to be a
> : > GNU / Linux User Group?
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-user-groups.html
> :
> : I thought that was a good idea until I looked at the web page, where
RMS
> : goes on a rant, saying it should be called GNU/Linux and we must
call
> : ourselves a GNU/Linux users group.
> 
> It's all silly anyway. Back when Linux hit the scene it was an enemy
> of the FSF, a dumb hack that took mindshare from the HURD. Why, then,
> does RMS even care about Linux? In those days the FSF was known for
> pumping out amazing software and only letting in the best written
> code. Now that Linux beat the HURD RMS wants to take all the glory for
> writing a decent license that Linux uses. Seems silly to me, I thought
> Linux was all about getting out of the mindless "HURD" and thinking
> for yourself. ;-)
> 
>   Casey West
> 
> --
> "Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and
> reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against
> which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily
> in high schools."
>  -- 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary
>     rocket work.
> 
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