Change for Caldera OpenLinux Workstation

Lord Alistair Davidson, part time deity lord_inh at yahoo.co.uk
Thu Jun 28 22:38:15 UTC 2001


John Tapsell wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Klaus Schilling wrote:
> > John Tapsell writes:
> >  > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
> >  > >Software only. So every package on the distribution must qualify
> >  > >according to the Free Software definition of the FSF.
> >  >
> >  > Not to be picky or anything, but that would imply to me that it just contained
> >  > the linux kernel and programs owned by the GNU...
> >  >
> > Why? Apache is not GNU software, but it clearly qualifies as free software
> > in the sense of Stallman, just not as copyleft , nor as compatible with the
> > GNU GPL.
> 
> ARGHHH!!
> 
> I am I really the only person that thinks the saying "Pure GNU/linux" seems to
> imply it contains GNU programs??
> 
> Does anybody understand what I am saying!?

Oh, sorry, I should've read this before posting. You're right. How about
"Certified 100% Free by the FSF"?

> /me goes to the moon and back for fun

Yikes! Have you been smoking something? ;p

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