GNU is not a problem here. The "GNU-is-the-alpha-and-omega-of-it-all" attitude is. I find it funny that one would say the Linux trademark is not important, but calling it GNU is. I would call mine a GNU system if I were to tick with GNU-only parts. As it is, plenty of them are not even under the GPL. Yes, they're built with gcc. Yes, they could have been built with icc (and a few other compilers as well) Yes, they're linked against glibc. Yes, there are other libc variants that they're known to be linkable against. And so on. This discussion did not lead anywere in the past, and that will not change in the future.
For many people, GNU is just a useful toolchain. I'm not going to call my house Hammer/house just because I used one in building it and I still keep it around. I do however put the GNU name where I think it belongs - in the "Credits" section.
PS. That quote is sorely abused. Most of those examples would have also spread around from the original authors without the help of Rome - empires rised and falled throughout history, Rome simply produced the first major one across Europe. The one thing the Roman empire is famous for is "embrace and extend."
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GNU is not a problem here. The "GNU-is-the-alpha-and-omega-of-it-all" attitude is. I find it funny that one would say the Linux trademark is not important, but calling it GNU is. I would call mine a GNU system if I were to tick with GNU-only parts. As it is, plenty of them are not even under the GPL. Yes, they're built with gcc. Yes, they could have been built with icc (and a few other compilers as well) Yes, they're linked against glibc. Yes, there are other libc variants that they're known to be linkable against. And so on. This discussion did not lead anywere in the past, and that will not change in the future.
For many people, GNU is just a useful toolchain. I'm not going to call my house Hammer/house just because I used one in building it and I still keep it around. I do however put the GNU name where I think it belongs - in the "Credits" section.
PS. That quote is sorely abused. Most of those examples would have also spread around from the original authors without the help of Rome - empires rised and falled throughout history, Rome simply produced the first major one across Europe. The one thing the Roman empire is famous for is "embrace and extend."