Re: Dumb Question

Richard Stallman was up here a few years ago and explained the whole thing in
detail.
For as much detail as you want start at:

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-history.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

I got the impression he was smart but a mad-monk type.
rough on the edges but has a worthy goal.

On Thursday 10 February 2005 12:55, Arthur Corliss wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Matthew Dunaway wrote:
> > So I take it that the G doesn't stand for anything??
> > Linux people are so weird sometimes.
>
> No, it stands for GNU, hence the recursion. It's an infinite acronym
> decoding loop for amusement's sake...
>
> --Arthur Corliss
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