On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Florin Iucha wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 09:24:27AM -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
>
>> IMHO, singling out GNU as *THE* contributor above all others is 
>> unhelpful, too wordy, inconvenient, and confusing.
>
> How is that different from singling out "Linux" as *THE* "thing"?

Right.  In addition to Florin's nice list of GPL-compatible licenses and 
software, I would add that Linux is also distributed under the GPL.

But Chris, GNU *is* the contributor above all others.  It's the original 
source for the ideas that led to the excellent system we have today.

Mik