On Jan 16, 1:50 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Jan 16, 1:17 pm, mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Jan 14, 6:32 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > Why is it ok to > >> > bereave the GNU project of the credit for its work? > > >> Credit can be given in other places beside _names_. > >> The idea it must be given in the name and in no other > >> place doesn't really make much sense. > > > Oof, that's not quite right. The idea is that it must > > be given in the name, no other place is an acceptable > > _substitute_ for giving it in the name (as if it was, > > there's nothing wrong in terms of credit with calling > > the system "Linux".). > > The problem is that credit was given _nowhere_. People stopped > cooperating with the GNU maintainers of GNU software and made > Linux-specific forks. They talked down and derided the GNU project and > took all the credit for the software which they forked. Attempts by the > GNU maintainers to maintain portability were sabotaged because "GNU had > failed, Linux thrived". >
So what would happen then if one were to give credit to GNU in a place different from the name, and still use "Linux" for the name? > Focusing on the name was a strategic choice. The miracle is that it > actually worked rather well. Not for making Stallman or the FSF > popular. Or even making anybody like the name GNU/Linux. But while > people are quibbling and fuming over the name, they get educated about > the situation. And that's something they did not bother with before. > > Losing the GNU/Linux battle again and again looks like it has been > winning the education war for GNU. > And that's the truly important thing. > Whether or not it is the "right" place to give credit, it turns out that > just constantly trying to get the credit there is achieving the primary > purpose, that of educating people. > So then it seems the name *itself* does not matter so much as the people being educated about GNU and GNU getting credit _somewhere_. Is this right? _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss