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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] GNU/Linux and free speech


From: Dave Crossland
Subject: Re: [Fsuk-manchester] GNU/Linux and free speech
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:45:16 +0100

On 09/01/2008, Dave Page <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 10:05:32AM +0000, David Greaves wrote:
>
> > Try using linux without any GNU tools. Not easy!
>
> I'm pretty sure that my OpenWRT-flashed wireless router is a Linux
> system, rather than a GNU/Linux system. It runs Linux, uclibc, busybox
> etc. none of which AFAIK are GNU tools.

I'm pretty sure you're not using one to write your email with, though.

There are clearly several non-GNU free software operating systems.
That has nothing to do with GNU+Linux systems being such, and it being
helpful towards the free software movement to call them such.

-- 
Regards,
Dave




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