[plug] OT SCO anyone familier with it ?

[James Devenish]

In message <410893B4.3050405 at smlintl.com.au>
on Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 02:05:40PM +0800, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
> My apologies I actually thought it was for all since that web site is 
> proposing the gnu mantra so I would have thought that it would have a 
> list of all gnu software.

No worries, but just to clarify: the GNU website *does* have a list of
all GNU software. All GNU software is (I assume) licensed under a
version of GNU's licence, known as the GNU GPL. But GNU is a distinct
project that represents only a "subnet" of all open-source software. Any
person can license their own work using the GPL (because the licence can
be used by anyone), but that does not mean such software becomes part of
the GNU project itself. (It only forms part of the GNU project if it is
inducted by the FSF -- I think that most GPL software projects exist
outside of the GNU project.) Therefore, such projects are not "GNU
software" and the FSF does not have a definitive list of them.