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Let's give proper credit to Richard Stallman
I wasn't sure what this statement meant: "The theme is an example, such as Ubuntu Christian Edition [3], of GPL licensed software which may be modified and re-released." So I rewrote what I thought it was meant to mean. If I was wrong, feel free to fix it.--[[User:All Fish Welcome|All Fish Welcome]] 17:47, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
I wasn't sure what this statement meant: "The theme is an example, such as Ubuntu Christian Edition [3], of GPL licensed software which may be modified and re-released." So I rewrote what I thought it was meant to mean. If I was wrong, feel free to fix it.--[[User:All Fish Welcome|All Fish Welcome]] 17:47, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
==Who did what==
The article, like most in the trade press, gives far too much credit to Linus Torvalds and downplays the work of Richard Stallman inexcusably.
:It was started in 1991 as a university project by Finnish student [[Linus Torvalds]] as a replacement for the [[Minix]] operating system.
"Linux" (i.e., the GNU/Linux operating system, began nearly a decade before Torvarlds got started:
*The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. [http://www.gnu.org/]
We should give credit where credit is due. Our web site runs on free software like Apache and GNU, thanks to RMS!! --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:56, 10 July 2007 (EDT)