Re: Linux isn't an operating system

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:40:08 +0000 (GMT)

> I don't really care what the outcome is (I am sympathetic to Mr Stallman,
> certainly Linux [and FreeBSD, and OpenBSD, and NetBSD and Cisco] would be
> nowhere without GCC - that's a contribution at least as significant as the
> Linux kernel).

I beg to differ - It could have been done without GNU, without GCC (Minix
had non GNU 386 compilers before Linux). Richard created (well many might
say preserved) something far more important than all the code people
whinge about

The Ethos Of Free Software

So its a bit sad people are bickering about code. Linux very nearly was
under a non commercial use type license and would have been nothing then.

Alan