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		wildgift on Sept 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New UNIX implementation (1983) GNOME = GNU Object Model Environment Also, Linux isn't GNU, but it is GPL. People get annoyed at the RMS self-promotion, or GNU promotion, but that stuff is important.

dllthomas on Sept 28, 2013 [–]

All true. It'd still be weird for RMS to try and claim the kernel is GNU, but I don't believe he ever did.

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