On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 03:47 -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > Just commenting the main points, since this is becoming way off-topic. You're telling me? I tried to make a specific point in a specific context. And you're going all over the place. > Executive summary: You seem to have a misunderstandment of what the > GNU Project is. Sigh. Man, you're going way outside the context I was even working in. > No, it is NOT a technical fact. It was designed to be a pet project, > and not to be a GNU system. > From Linus' mouth: " I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, > won't be big and professional like gnu)" > He is clearly stating it is not GNU, and not going to be GNU. Just a hobby. > ... > If you want technical accuracy, I would like to point you to Linus > original post about Linux. > http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t40457.html Are you for real? Really? I think you're bouncing around so many concepts, I can't even get you to stop for a moment to focus on one. > I think you are mistaken about what GNU is. GNU is a Free Software Foundation > project to create a free Unix-like system. That becomes clear from what > you have written beyond this point. Again, are you for real? Or am I just imagining this? > Unless the project is lead, coordinated or endorsed by FSF, it is NOT > a GNU project. The copyright of any GNU project is given to the FSF. > Yes, it is correct to call Linux a "GNU Operating System Variant", but > Linux is definitively NOT a GNU project. Besides the fact that you are substituting in context left and right. > Actually, to be "technicaly accurate", there is no such thing as > a "GNU System", not even from GNU/FSF. Um, Stallman, GCC, GLibC and other developers I know use the exact phrase "a GNU System" regularly. I'm talking in the context of interoperability, which was my original focus. > I recomend you to carefuly read about the Free Software Foundation, > the GNU Project, and the history of Linux. Also, please read and > text of the LGPL (not GPL). This is just beyond insulting. This is basically what I do at Fortune 100 companies as an architect, especially when it comes to legal considerations, history, etc... Apparently one second you think something is just a kernel, then a project, then an OS, etc... From an application programmer interface (API) standpoint, there are GNU systems, GNU compatible systems and non- GNU compatible systems. That's all I was talking about. It's very important to understand this from an API/developer/integrator standpoint. -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- It is mathematically impossible for someone who makes more than you to be anything but richer than you. Any tax rate that penalizes them will also penalize you similarly (to those below you, and then below them). Linear algebra, let alone differential calculus or even ele- mentary concepts of limits, is mutually exclusive with US journalism. So forget even attempting to explain how tax cuts work. ;->