Re: [fsf-community-team] Terminology. GNU/Linux

[Holmes Wilson]

Marcel--I think your essay was on the right track.  Could you condense 
it to a few paragraphs?

Don-- could you be more specific about the actual problem?  Like, what 
happened?

On 12/11/09 6:10 AM, Marcel Ribeiro Dantas 
http://ribeirodantas.com.br/marcel wrote:
> I'm sure sometimes is hard to explain the GNU philosophy to non-computer
> related people when they just asked about Linux. At this case, I like to
> let clear the efforts made by GNU crew and the free software movement to
> make the Linux Kernel what it has become nowadays.
>
> When I'm speaking about Free Software it's easier, because people
> usually pay attention for an explanation about the real sense of it.
> Therefore I speak about the terminology deeper, speaking sometimes
> technically why only Linux is wrong and sometimes ethically.
>
> I wrote an article about it some years ago. If you want to read, the
> link follows below:
> http://ribeirodantas.com.br/blog/2007/07/19/gnulinux-or-linux/
>
> 2009/12/10 Don Saklad <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>
>
>     When using the term GNU/Linux in advocating important principles,
>     Boston City Hall people fail to comprehend the term. Would any of
>     you kind folks have any hints, tips or pointers?...
>
>
> --
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