Can GNU Ever Be Unix?

An anonymous reader writes "The question isn't whether Linux can be certified as Unix. At least some distributions no doubt can. But who would pay for it? And is it worth the trouble? Jem Matzan asks these questions on NewsForge, and reminds us that the Open Group, not SCO, owns the Unix trademark,"

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Would have to then be GIU/Linux

[Anonymous Coward]

GNU = GNU's Not UNIX...

Have to change that to say GIU Is UNIX :p

Re:Would have to then be GIU/Linux

[aled]

No, no! RMS will tell you it is GNU/Unix.
Wait... GNU/Unix=GNU is Not Unix/Unix=(GNU is not Unix) is not Unix/Unix... Stack Overflow/Divide Error... my... head... hurts...

Re:Would have to then be GIU/Linux

[Anonymous Coward]

It is very simple:
GNU/Unix = Gnu is Now Unix / Unix (using the new expansion of GNU)
Unix/Unix = 1
=> GNU/Unix -> Gnu is Now.
Takeover of the world accomplished!

Re:Would have to then be GIU/Linux

[xSquaredAdmin]

Or...

GNU/Unix
= (GNU is not Unix)/Unix
= GNU is not

Thus, we can see that if GNU became Unix, GNU would not be. :p

Maybe we should just ask SCO

[nicholaides]

Can GNU ever be unix?

I don't know. Maybe we should just ask SCO. They would probably have a reasonable opinion.

Re:Can GNU ever be UNIX?

[JeremyR]

I suppose that if a certification were awarded, the acronym could be changed to "GNU's Now Unix." :-)

When GNU = Unix?

[. visplek .]

When GNU is Unix, LAME must be an MP3 encoder and WINE must be an emulator.