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Another metric besides LOC

Another metric besides LOC

Posted Jun 5, 2011 3:39 UTC (Sun) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)
In reply to: Another metric besides LOC by pr1268
Parent article: How much GNU is there in GNU/Linux?

> P.S. To answer the question asked by the title of this article, I suppose that there really isn't a better way to determine how much GNU in GNU/Linux other than LOC. Sigh.

Which leaves just a small step to the logical conclusion... it doesn't matter.

This isn't a contest. This is a collaboration. Let's just say a heart-felt "thank you" to every contributor, and not try to measure that which cannot be measured.

(Isn't that the whole point of ditching the 4-clause BSD license)


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