In a previous post I stated that the distinction between subjective and objective is necessary. Our friend Monsieur Jean Louis offered a lengthy reply to this message, but he did not first clarify on this distinction. It is okay to say that one does not agree here but it is important to make clear what position one takes. Lacking this distinction, the reply was deprived of structure. I can see that there is information that should be useful in certain contexts. But I don't think it will help the cURL author or others in a similar situation.
I was initially puzzled by the way Jean Louis replied. Now I believe I know why. My approach to the problem had elements that were exotic to him, and probably, other list members as well. That made him uncomfortable and he felt compelled to reply. To those who desire to understand what is going on here I recommend the following Wikipedia article: Meme - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme --- > Linux is not "operating system", but kernel. I think that most, if not all, list subscribers are aware of that. The following is a book by Linus Torvalds, in which he states that he wrote Linux and in which he expresses strong disagreement with Richard Stallman's claims. Just for fun The story of an accidental revolutionary by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond ISBN 0066620724 262 pages Harper Business I am providing the above information, not because I agree with the content of the book, but because I understand that what our friend Jean Louis has said is not accepted in the greater world. > GNU system existed before the kernel Linux, and once somebody put > GNU with any kernel, it is GNU system based on Linux kernel. We have been saying this for a quarter century and yet it is not taken seriously. To solve a problem, one must first understand its primary cause. I would like to remind you that I work on Netpbm. If you download the source and run "make" source files which I have worked on will be compiled into executables. I have done work on the build framework. In particular the test invoked by "make check" is all my work. I have hands-on experience with makefiles and I can tell whether make should be considered a part of the OS. Moreover I stand in a position to state whether Netpbm should be considered an OS component or an application. Unfortunately my opinion will have little or no effect upon those who choose not to respect me in light of my contributions to Netpbm.
