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Virtual Decentralized Networks: Linux's Organization

Posted by michael on from the xchat-and-pine dept.

barries writes: "Here is an interesting take on the Linux Project which tries to put it in a historical perspective and explain why traditional structures and theory don't fully apply to it. It overlooks a few things but gets most of the basics right." You might want to skip ahead a bit in the paper to get to the Linux-specific sections.

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  1. GNU/Linux by XBL · · Score: 1, Troll

    To quote:

    "In fact, the Linux OS is licensed under the GNU GPL and uses most of the GNU programs. That is why it is often referred as GNU/Linux."

    Ummm, I don't know anyone who calls it that, and I hear RMS is on of the few who actually does.

    Things like this can really distract a reader, ya know?