* Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld at sun.com> [2006-05-02 10:51]:
> On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 13:43, Stephen Hahn wrote:
> > > What is the definition of "GNU" you're using here?  /usr/xpgN have a
> > > very clearly defined "authority" (the specs), but GNU is as least
> > > sometimes used in a much less precise way.
> >  
> >   I was using the "FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory" listing...
> 
> which is a listing of free software from all over the place, not
> necessarily "GNU" software.
> 
> Compare http://directory.fsf.org/all/ with
> http://directory.fsf.org/GNU/; the latter is roughly 1/12th of the size
> of the former.

  You are right, but the GNU subset is the list I meant.  May we call
  this the "GNU packages, as given by the FSF/UNESCO Free Software
  Directory"?

  - Stephen

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Stephen Hahn, PhD  Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems
stephen.hahn at sun.com  http://blogs.sun.com/sch/

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