On 1/24/07, Raymond Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Declan Naughton wrote: > On 1/24/07, David Schlesinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 1/24/07 9:51 AM, "Declan Naughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > On 1/24/07, David Schlesinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> Better still, tell you what: since you're all about the "ethics" >> here, go >> >> and get the folks at "GNU" to change the name of their system to >> "GNU/Mach" >> >> and _then_ come back to talk to _us_. >> > >> > I might ask about that alright. >> >> You do that. Let us know how it works out. >> >> When the FSF gets their _own_ little confusions about who's the >> 'principal >> developer" of what sorted out, they'll be in a (slightly) more tenable >> position to wander in and make demands of others. >> >> Until that happens, this demand of yours seems entirely hypocritical, >> given >> the genesis of the (soi-disant) "GNU" kernel. >> >> >> > > As far as I am aware, OpenMoko is not using the GNU/CMU Mach kernel.. > OK, this is a really silly argument and I have tried to keep out of it but .... does anyone even know how much "GNU" software is in OpenMoko? I would assume they are using busybox like every other embedded machine. While GPLed, I do not believe that it is GNU program. Dropbear ssh (another common embedded app) is MIT-style licensed, etc. How much GNU software must be on the system to qualify as GNU/Linux?
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-January/001655.html See also the GNU/Linux FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html -- Declan Naughton _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
