RMS, Free software and the Ubuntu CDs

Gary W. Swearingen garys at opusnet.com
Sun Jul 2 16:13:29 UTC 2006


Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> writes:

> Michael T. Richter wrote:

>> I first heard it from RMS himself when he was babbling about how
>> important it was that we call it "Guh-new slash Linux" or "Guh-new

I've noticed that sometimes, where others would say "Linux", RMS
genericizes it and says "Gnu System" (thought he sometimes uses that
for only the non-kernel (non-Linux? :) parts).

> No. Please use "-- " instead of "--". As I wrote. And as it
> can be found on umpteenth places on the net. dashdashspace
>
> And also please no HTML.

Thanks for that.  I've been wondering why Richter's msgs always show
up in my index saying their MUCH longer than I see when I read them.
But I wonder why you see HTML when I don't.  Maybe the list server
strips them and you're complaining about direct mail.




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