I think we are all missing Richard's point. The GNU system when
finalized will use the MIT X Window system for a graphical interface.
The GNU system will use some BSD programs if GNU equivalents are not
available yet and it is convenient to use the BSD ones.
This is why Linux is a GNU system because sans operating system kernel
Linux is close to if not exactly like what the final GNU system will
be like.
I for one find it a gross error not to acknowledge this fact when
discussing the Linux system on a whole.
Why? I find this "fact" (assuming the Hurd ever does hit prime time) to
be utterly irrelevant. What the FSF chooses or does not choose to do
vis-a-vis the Hurd is pretty irrelevant to the Linux community.
- Ted