Free and open-source software: Implications for ICT policy and development

Posted Jan 31, 2004 2:38 UTC (Sat) by xanni (subscriber, #361)
In reply to: Free and open-source software: Implications for ICT policy and development by set
Parent article: U.N. report says open source produces better software (OpenSector)

"GNU/Linux" can be used to refer to a Linux distribution which contains GNU software running on the Linux kernel. Linus Torvalds has never released such a distribution in 1994 or at any other time; he only releases the Linux kernel itself, which does not contain GNU code (though it is licensed under the GPL). The kernel itself should NOT be referred to as "GNU/Linux". This may just be an overenthusiastic search-and-replace error.

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