Sometime on Oct 11, FS cobbled together some glyphs to say:
"GNU/Linux" useless? IMO the name is not supposed to have any utility
besides clear and unambiguous denotation. So
The name is an identifier. It must be chosen based on advertising and
marketing needs. This is why most names are trademarked - to protect
against others using the same name.
Attribution is not a property of the name.
It is not necessary that all persons/entities involved in producing the
application be credited in its name. That's what the
CREDITS/Acknowledgements/Licence files are for.
Many products have failed simply because they picked a name that didn't
roll off of people's tongues. If word of mouth marketing isn't going to
work, it will be very hard to sell your product.
While the FSF's message is important, it can only be used to sell the
product to a subset of all potential clients. Different markets require
different marketing strategies. Just like you wouldn't use the same
strategy in India and Mexico, so also you cannot use the same marketing
strategy to people who understand freedom and to those who don't care.
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