... please somebody explain to what's that part about Linus Torvalds ... I thought he was the founder of Linux ... and suporter of free software .. & stuff lik that ...
I can't be sure but as others have expressed it may be something to do with
the name (i.e GNU/Linux vs Linux). If you look at some stuff in Linux it
gives Linux as the registered trademark of Linus
Torwhateveritishecallshimself. Maybe there is some conditions in his
registering of the trademark that prevents anybody from taking the Linux
kernel,tweaking it, and calling the resulting OS GNUx.
I'm pretty sure that is the case, just as, shortly after the publication of Gibson's "Neuroancer" (which coined the term "cyberspace") someone with foresight trademarked "cyberspace", specifically so that no other company could do so (and therefore sue anyone who didn't write it as "cyberspace (TM)"). Linus' aim was largely to prevent the product being hijacked by big companies with big lawyers, though it's possible that he also wanted to retain some influence over what, after all, was his brainchild.
Sir Robin
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