RMS, Free software and the Ubuntu CDs

[Alan McKinnon]

On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 08:33 +0800, Michael T. Richter wrote:
> Oh, don't get me wrong.  I think that GNU is very important.  This
> doesn't change my impression that RMS is being a childish git when he
> insists of having everybody call it GNU+Linux without bothering to
> acknowledge any of the other vital contributions to a usable system.
> If he wants to be consistent, he needs to acknowledge X at the very
> least, or he can just rest satisfied in the knowledge that his
> brainchild, GNU, is responsible for the most popular free operating
> system in the world without whinging about not getting the credit for
> it.

The funny part of it all is that he and his project *does* get the
credit, it's just not in the name. Most folk running a Linux OS know
Linus and RMS and their respective roles.

alan