Hi, On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 02:40:41PM -0500, Felipe López wrote:
> In the GNU Project, people sympathize with one of two opposing views: > > 1. If the GNU Project releases its own distribution called "GNU" or > "The GNU System", certain group of people would take it as if the > GNU Project were "claiming exclusiveness or superiority over other > GNU variants". > 2. The GNU Project should release its own distribution called "GNU" > or "The GNU System". The GNU Project was launched to develop the > GNU system, so delivering the system is something expected and > beneficial for end-users. [...] > I have to say that I'm sad to hear that RMS doesn't agree with the > second view above, because I think that going that way would make the > system and the ideas around the project more visible and accessible to > potential users. This simplified view entirely discounts the compromise proposed by Brandon, and supported by several people (including myself), to call the Guix distribution the *reference* distribution of GNU -- which is just as good for promoting the great work done in the Guix project, as calling it *the* GNU system; but considerably reduces the risk of people thinking that this and only this is the net result of the GNU project as a whole. -antrik-
