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-RecursiveAcronym for [GNU]'s Not [Unix][.|Acronym
]
+[Recursive |
RecursiveAcronym] [Acronym]
for [GNU]'s Not [Unix], a project working on the
[GNU
] OperatingSystem.
-Find out more about the
[GNU Project|http://www.gnu.org/
].
+They are making a
[Kernel
] called TheHurd and a set of UserSpace utilities
.
-GNU Are working on a GNU OperatingSystem
, using
[TheHurd
] as the [Kernel] and using
[GNU] UserSpace utilities
+Because the [Kernel] and UserSpace utilities are individually exchangable
, [RMS
] want [Linux] distributions referred to
as [GNU]/[Linux], reasoning that they use mostly [GNU] UserSpace utilities. While they use
the [Linux]
[Kernel], a similar OperatingSystem could just as well use a different one
and still be composed mostly of
[GNU] UserSpace utilities, such as [GNU]/[Hurd]. However, strangely, while the glibc, sysvinit, and a number of other crucial system components were made by the [GNU] project, the questio n of whether the majority of UserSpace is under a [GNU] license ([GPL]/[LGPL]) or [some other license | Category:License] doesn't appear to enter into this dicussion.
------
-
-[RMS] wants you to refer to a [Linux] distribution as [
GNU]
/[Linux]
.
-
-His logic is that "[Linux]" is a [Kernel], and it uses mostly [GNU] UserSpace utilities
. Thus the OperatingSystem as a whole is "GNU
/Linux". The sense in that is that glibc was made by the GNU project, as was sysvinit and a number of other crucial system components.
-
-If the majority of UserSpace is under a [GNULicense
] or [BSDLicense] or other [licences|CategoryLicenses], doesn't appear to enter into this dicussion for some reason.
-
-See
FreeSoftwareFoundation.
+See also:
+*
[The
GNU Project homepage | http:
//www
.gnu
.org
/]
+*
FreeSoftwareFoundation
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