To: rzeznikj at stout
the prime mover for the entire system (Torvalds)
Linus Torvalds is not the prime mover for the entire system. He's only one of a 1000 copyright holders on one piece of the system - the kernel.
Stallman's Free Software Foundation holds the copyright to great chunks of the system, including the critical gcc compiler and some other 5000+ packages, as listed at FSF Free Software Directory.
16 posted on
09/28/2006 1:43:59 PM PDT by
ThePythonicCow
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To: ThePythonicCow
To a degree. Despite the fact thousands contribute to the Linux kernel, it is indeed Linus who oversees it all. Therefore, it is not improper to state that Linus is the prime mover behind the Linux operating system.
Why?
He is, after all, the BDFL (Benevolent Dictator For Life) on the Linux kernel.
21 posted on
09/28/2006 2:32:24 PM PDT by
rzeznikj at stout
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