Re: cURL author receives rude LogJ4 security inquiry

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Akira Urushibata wrote:
> > Linux is not "operating system", but kernel.
> >     
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> I think that most, if not all, list subscribers are aware of that.
>
> [...]
>   
> > GNU system existed before the kernel Linux, and once somebody put 
> > GNU with any kernel, it is GNU system based on Linux kernel.
> >     
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> We have been saying this for a quarter century and yet it is not
> taken seriously.  To solve a problem, one must first understand its
> primary cause.
>   

In this particular case, the distinction is a little more important, 
because the "GNU/Linux" system is modular "both ways" -- not only are 
there other kernels on which to run the GNU tools, but there are also 
other userspaces that can be used with the Linux kernel, although the 
GNU userspace is almost always used for general-purpose systems.

If I understand correctly, at the moment, the most common "Linux" is not 
GNU/Linux at all -- it is Android, often TiVoized.  (Have possible 
anti-trust implications of this been considered?  TiVoization certainly 
can be argued to harm users, perhaps not so much when it was TiVo's 
unique innovation but certainly as it becomes more widespread.)


-- Jacob