IP: Correction GNU/Linux

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 02:55:41 -0400
> From: Richard Stallman <rms () gnu org>
> To: love () essential org
> cc: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: GNU/Linux
> Reply-to: rms () gnu org
>
> A message you wrote to Farber got forwarded to a mailing list
> where it can influence many people.
>
>    >While there are no doubt some important technical differences between
>    >FreeBSD and Linux, and more important distinctions for most
>    >users that the different licensing regimes.
>
> When you write about this version of the GNU system,
> could you please call it "GNU/Linux", not "Linux"?
> We're the principle developer of the system
> but most users don't know that, because they call it "Linux".
>
> Simply by calling the system GNU/Linux, you can help inform people
> where the system really came from--so thanks in advance.