Re:RMS should read the GPL (Score 1)

I'll start by saying that personally, I'm sorta opposed to the whole "GNU/Linux" thing. True, they deserve credit for what they've done, but IMO, that doesn't mean the name should be changed to suit them. The 'GNU inside' thing sounds great, if a bit silly (maybe that's just me), but I also don't think RMS is going against the GPL by doing what he is doing. Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention (because I haven't paid much -- just goes to show what I think of the issue), but I don't see RMS pulling out lawyers and trying to fight, based on the terms of the GPL, for this change. What I see him doing is asking, if not in a particularly polite manner, that the FSF get credit for their part in Linux.

Maybe there's a highly-elevated thinly-veiled sense of personal worth in this; maybe there's a sense of jealousy for not thinking of calling his work 'Stallmax' or the like (even if 'Linux' wasn't Linus' idea anyway); maybe he's misguided; maybe he's right. I won't try to judge. But I think that saying that this is hypocracy is a bit far-fetched, since I don't really see the GPL coming into play.

All the same, I'd like to see some conclusion made here. For heaven's sake, give him the stickers if it makes him happy, and let's all get back to fighting the real enemy.