[Fsf-friends] Freedom ?

[Ashutosh Naik]

Freedom is what all of us are fighting for.. And hence
I think that I have the freedom to call it what I
want.. And i prefer to call it Linux.. Someone forcing
me to call it GNU/Linux would be taking away my
freedom.. And thats against the gnu philosophy

Rgds
Ashutosh

--- Pankaj Agrawal <agrawal@iopb.res.in> wrote:
> 
> 
>       It would appear that GNU and FSF have not got
> their
>     due recognition in the success of Linux. It is
> not
>     fair. Also, one would think that due
> recognistion is
>     part of rewards that a contributor to free
> software
>     movement gets.
> 
>       It is possible that part of the problem is
> absence 
>     of attractive name to replace Linux. GNU/Linux
> is too 
>     contrived. The name 'Linux' sounds good. Finding
> an 
>     attractive name that recognizes GNU/FSF
> contribution 
>     may be helpful.
> 
> 
>     - Pankaj Agrawal
> 
> 
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Richard Stallman wrote:
> 
> > It is certainly possible to advocate freedom in
> software and call the
> > system "Linux".  I believe that you do.  It is
> also possible to
> > contribute to development of the GNU system in
> specific ways while
> > calling the system "Linux".  It could well be that
> you have.  But it
> > is impossible to be a true supporter of the GNU
> Project, or a friend
> > of the FSF, while calling our work by a name that
> attributes it to
> > someone else.  That is treating us very badly.
> > 
> > The basic ethical question of the software field
> is whether your
> > software is free is; that is the question of how
> you treat the general
> > public.  How you treat the FSF and the GNU Project
> is a lesser
> > question--but it does matter to us.  So even while
> we recognize that
> > you sincerely support the cause of free software,
> we cannot accept in
> > a list under FSF auspices your practice of
> attributing our system to
> > someone else.
> > 
> 
> 
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