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> For the GPL, I agree wholeheartedly.<br>
> But when it comes to that darn GNU bot...well...no :P<br>
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What is the GNU bot?<br>
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<div>I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re
referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve
recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not
an operating system unto itself, but rather another free
component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by
the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system
components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many
computer users run a modified version of the GNU system
every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of
events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is
often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware
that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU
Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using
it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is
the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the
machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The
kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but
useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a
complete operating system. Linux is normally used in
combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the
so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of
GNU/Linux.</div>
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<p>The whole comment about how much GPL is in FreeBSD desktop, might
be read as GNU/FreeBSD. Seriously.<br>
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<p>In light of upcoming celebration that marks not only a start of
new year, but also the end of 2020, in light of this I suggest the
following story to ponder.</p>
<p>1) Initially there were almost no computers.</p>
<p>2) Then Copyright came when digital universe started to appear.
Copyrights in the wilderness.</p>
<p>3) Then RMS stakes out Copyleft, starts building a little cabin
in the wilderness.</p>
<p>4) Decades later! Now decades later, deep pockets are PR-ing for
permissive licenses, i.e. more permissive than Copyright's "all
rights reserved". Before that it was all about IP. A needle has
moved! In a few more decades.</p>
<p>And here is a Christmas song to go with the story:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhcY6uUsStA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhcY6uUsStA</a><br>
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