GNU discussion (was re:Free your phone)

[Raymond Ward]

Declan Naughton wrote:
> On 1/24/07, David Schlesinger <david.schlesinger at palmsource.com> wrote:
>> On 1/24/07 9:51 AM, "Declan Naughton" <piratepenguin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On 1/24/07, David Schlesinger <david.schlesinger at palmsource.com> 
>> wrote:
>> >> Better still, tell you what: since you're all about the "ethics" 
>> here, go
>> >> and get the folks at "GNU" to change the name of their system to 
>> "GNU/Mach"
>> >> and _then_ come back to talk to _us_.
>> >
>> > I might ask about that alright.
>>
>> You do that. Let us know how it works out.
>>
>> When the FSF gets their _own_ little confusions  about who's the 
>> 'principal
>> developer" of what sorted out, they'll be in a (slightly) more tenable
>> position to wander in and make demands of others.
>>
>> Until that happens, this demand of yours seems entirely hypocritical, 
>> given
>> the genesis of the (soi-disant) "GNU" kernel.
>>
>>
>>
>
> As far as I am aware, OpenMoko is not using the GNU/CMU Mach kernel..
>
OK, this is a really silly argument and I have tried to keep out of it 
but .... does anyone even know how much "GNU" software is in OpenMoko?   
I would assume they are using busybox like every other embedded 
machine.  While GPLed, I do not believe that it is GNU program.  
Dropbear ssh (another common embedded app) is MIT-style licensed, etc.  
How much GNU software must be on the system to qualify as GNU/Linux?


Ray