[TUHS] nix/Linux friendly hardware free of proprietary software

Pete Wright pete at nomadlogic.org
Sat Mar 10 04:21:37 AEST 2018



On 03/09/2018 09:54, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote:
> On 03/08/2018 09:13 PM, Steve Nickolas wrote:
>> Well, some people seem to think Linux and Unix are the same...
>
> "The same" no.  "Similar" yes.
>
>> I have yet to see one Linux distribution that licenses the Unix 
>> trademark.
>
> Why would a Linux distribution license the Unix trademark?  Why would 
> a Linux distribution want to call itself Unix?  Why would a Linux 
> distribution not want to call itself Linux?
>
>
hrm...maybe because Gnu's Not Unix?  heh sorry couldn't resist, i'll 
back under the bridge I live under.

-p

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Pete Wright
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