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Isn it wrong for us to label Linus Torvalds work as GNU?

April 26, 2017GNU Label Linus Torvalds wrong

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Isn it wrong for us to label Linus Torvalds work as GNU?

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It would be wrong, so we don’t do that. Torvalds’ work is Linux, the kernel; we are careful not to attribute that work to the GNU Project or label it as “GNU”. When we talk about the whole system, the name “GNU/Linux” gives him a share of the credit.