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Recursive Acronym for GNU's Not Unix, a project working on the GNU OperatingSystem.

They are making a Kernel called TheHurd and a set of 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 doesn't appear to enter into this dicussion.

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