If a program is GNU software, that means it is released under the
auspices of the GNU Project. Your program wouldn't be GNU software
unless you and the GNU Project have agreed that it is.
However, it could be part of the GNU operating system. That just
means we like it and decided to use it, not that we claim any credit
for it.
A number of people have gone to great lengths to express their outrage
at the idea that all programs released under the GPL are GNU programs.
It was all unnecessary, because I'm not saying that. I don't think
anyone is saying that. (See the definition of "GNU software" in
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html.)
Perhaps the misunderstanding was partly caused by me--maybe I should
have addressed this point explicitly in my earlier message. Still, it
would be useful for people to make an extra effort to verify what
someone's position really is, before publicly criticizing it.
This whole thread was begun by a message of the same kind: someone
criticized what he thought were my reasons for using the term
GNU/Linux. His criticism of those reasons was valid, but they weren't
my actual reasons. If people would ask questions first, and shoot
later, this discussion would be a lot shorter.
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