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>>>>> "Craig" == Craig Andrews <craig [at] fishbot.org.uk> writes:

    Craig> It seems readers digest have voted [Linus] a 'European Of
    Craig> The Year' for being the 'most generous man alive'. All this
    Craig> for 'pioneering the idea of letting someone use your
    Craig> software for free'. Seems they've missed out a lot (read
    Craig> all) the details. FSF gets one mention, as 'the people who
    Craig> invented GPL', and RMS never gets a mention. In fact, GNU
    Craig> is never even mentioned! RMS would turn in his grave (if he
    Craig> was dead).

You'd expect that from Reader's Digest.

But when Dr Dobbs Journal does an article on the "Debian Hurd"
operating system, and manages to not mention GNU at all until well
into the 2d page of text, it starts to look like a conspiracy.  (I've
harassed them about their total idiocy on OSS, but they just don't
seem to get it at all.)

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