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Re: [school-discuss] Donated Computers announcement, Take III

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Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Donated Computers announcement, Take III
From: Jeffrey Elkner <jeff@elkner.net>
Date: 06 May 2002 06:51:09 -0400
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 Daniel is absolutely right.  It is the GPL that made Linux possible,
and it is the GPL that will still be protecting freedom to collaborate
long after Linux is replaced by the next great open source OS.  Let's
give credit where credit is due.

jeff elkner
yorktown high school
arlington, va

On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 00:59, Daniel Carter wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> >LINUX ENABLES SAFE COMPUTER DONATIONS TO SCHOOLS
> 
> I personally prefer referring to 'Linux' as 'GNU/Linux'.  After all, most
> of the core software in any 'Linux distribution' is part of the GNU System.
> Does anyone else agree with me?
> 
> Daniel Carter

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