[olug] Theo can bite me. [or "OpenSSH Vulnerability"]

[Jeremy Bettis]

Linux uses GNU utilities because they were there, if they had not
existed they would have been written.

Frankly, Linux has done far more to help the quality and completeness of
GNU software than the other way around.  GNU libc was virtually unheard
of until Linux adopted it, thousands of patches to GNU software have
been submitted by people who just wanted to make their linux systems
better.

The real problem is that RMS is a freak, and he is upset that Linux has
succeeded at making a complete Unix-like operating system, and he has
failed to make Hurd come to life.  Which is believe is because there are
so few people willing to work with him.

It should not be called GNU/Linux, if anything the free software
foundation should rename the GNU project to Linux/GNU.

--
Jeremy Bettis, Software Development Manager
HKS Medical Information Systems, Inc.
jeremyb at hksys.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Wiese [mailto:bwiese at cotse.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:54 AM
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: Re: [olug] Theo can bite me. [or "OpenSSH Vulnerability"]
> 
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:30:37 -0500
> Jonathan Warren <jonwarren at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> |I don't think anyone doubts that a complete distribution includes
> software from lots of place and a ton of it is GNU's.  The strange
thing
> about the whole GNU/Linux title is that it is correct but then again
Linux
> is just a trademark.  Just because Stallman wants credit for the GNU
> orginization doesn't neccessarily mean we should rebrand Linux to make
him
> happy.  Just my .02.
> |
> |-Jon Warren
> 
> Sorry, its been awhile since I've had some free time... but it's not
"to
> make him happy"... its simply to be correct, and to make me happy and
> everyone else who thinks its a shitty deal that nobody (most general
> public) have nfc who Richard Stallman is and what he has done to make
what
> is popularly called "Linux" today.  People see "Linux" and their
> impressions are immediately of centered to what the core, ideology,
and
> history is to GNU/Linux.  /.02
> 
> 
>   Brian Wiese | bwiese at cotse.com | aim: unolinuxguru
> ------------------------------------------------------
>   GnuPG/PGP key 0x1E820A73 | "FREEDOM!" - Braveheart
> 
> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> 
> For help contact olug-help at olug.org - run by ezmlm
> to unsubscribe, send mail to olug-unsubscribe at olug.org
> or `mail olug-unsubscribe at olug.org < /dev/null`
> (c)1998-2002 OLUG http://www.olug.org
> 
> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_