On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Douglas Stewart wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote: > > > It is a sort of Press Release whipped-up by the Debian Project Leader. > > I really didn't intend to chastise him for this - I am a staunch Debian > > advocate. I just wanted to remark that the "press release" was a bit > > low-key on attributing the GNU project and Linus for most of Debian. > > Seeing as how it looks like this is a release meant for the general > > public I deem it only fair that they think of Debian as an > > implementation of the GNU project and the Linux Kernel, and not as some > > new OS. I would prefer Debian stood on its own merit. > > Please people, let's not get ridiculous about this. It's called Debian > GNU/Linux, which is more than enough credit for GNU. As Linus has said > before, the only really essential GNU tool for Linux to exist was gcc. > Everything else is available (though usually inferior to the GNU > implementation).
It is my understanding the Linux was created by many people generously donating their skills and time. We should try to give credit where credit is due - but these people selflessly and generously donated their time, and I don't see them demanding personal recognition - in fact I doubt they would because they are concerned more with helping others than receiving personal credit to boost their ego... at least I hope this is the case. I don't think it is of much importance who is mentioned in the press release. Do Linus or GNU/FSF really care? We know their contributions, that's the important thing; the average reader of the press release will not care. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
