On 05/02/2016 03:39 PM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: > However, this also opens doors for backfiring from open source > proponents (or even from our own mates, if we replace "operating system" > with "free system distribution" in the following two phrases), such as: > "Not every operating system has GNU packages available". However, we > could also reply with phrases like: "It must be noted that not every > operating system uses the Linux kernel".
I think this happens too often, and saying GNU without anything else reinforces the notion that the only thing the FSF cares about is getting credited for something they didn't completely build. I think we should find a neutral name for all operating systems (with any free kernel, from Linux to FreeDOS to *BSD) that are free as in freedom. I suggest "LibreOS", because "libre" is pretty hard to misrepresent or co-opt. How does it sound? LibreOS Mint Ubuntu LibreOS Arch LibreOS Debian LibreOS (Yes, I'm half joking in case you didn't realize, but perhaps this really is the best solution)