Stallman receiving Torvalds award at LinuxWorld conf 1999

[Simpson654]

Linus Torvalds didn't make any of the GNU software to support his operating system. But he didn't conceal the source, he made it available. Richard Stallman gave him the idea to to publish it as free software, and HURD was still at its early stages. It was a community effort, and the reason why Linus has coordinated his kernel is not because he gets any money out of it, but he loves his baby, and wants it to prosper. Some people like Stallman and Torvald are great. Some are smart like SMRT!

[4ebees]

RMS's genius is often overshadowed by his awkward grasp of social nuances and skills.

Even when he's right - the OS is GNU Linux - he comes across in a manner which is off putting to many people.

His struggle for GNU/Linux is contrary to the use of combined words for names in the English language. For example, it's not Rolls SLASH Royce or Rolls AND Royce, it's just Rolls Royce.

He'd be better of saying it's GNU Linux, rather that trying to get people to use a clumsy alternative.

[cyberswim]

i can't hear what he is saying, the music is so loud

can anybody please upload a version of this with a more reasonable audio track??

[Ranguvar13]

@oyconvey Free Software is about user rights, not cost. Try again.

[ericfontainejazz]

LOLFEST!!! You are receiving the damn Linus Torvalds award...and you have to go on your "It's not LINUX, It's GNU-*SLASH*-Linux" rants.

[genxor]

jesus christ you foot eater stfu

[pixelr0]

GliNUx

[67576856666478964567]

The combination of red an blue makes purple. We call it purple, not "red slash blue" or "blue slash red".  The people gave it a name, and it's name has no slashes.

[Fridelain]

@67576856666478964567 Or as I've recently taken to calling it, Red plus Blue

[eseflecha]

Stallman well done.

LT uses his childs like a shield.

[ynkl7abg]

haha this is epic

[c4r4d0]

This guy is my god.

[aliancemd]

By the way, when Linus made Linux he had just 1 year of C programming experience...

[daemontraceur]

Really?? That makes me feel like crap...

[aliancemd]

Ye, but he didn't learned C++ like we learn now, just to make applications, he learned C++ Operating System programming. We learn how to use Libraries, but he was learning how to work with the registers of the processor and that kind of things.

[kakita123]

u mean C right?

btw read the awnser i gave the guy above

What do u mean about "We learn how to use libraries" who is we, im studing to be a computer engenieer and i learn about computer registers and processor, but that shit is hard (we made a exam about that the other day and 272 out of 300 FAILED)

[aliancemd]

Ye, I meant application programmers... By the way Assembly is awesome! I learn to be an application programmer, that sh*t is too easy, especially C Builder... My father is an Assembly programmer for 28 years and I really like all the awesome things that u can do with it... Hate it? Later u will love it! Maybe...

[kakita123]

dude ur dad is a beast aseembly might have some crazy results but i stick with java and c++ i let the assembly for others :P

[kakita123]

u are problably using C# or C sharp thats diferent from C.

C++ and C# has classes they are Object Oriented, C is modular when linus learnd C they still used modular system (im guesing) and that si way easyer to understand how to make a SO cause in mudular programation u are very close to the machine, almoust like a really easy to write assembly

programing in assembly thats the real bitch i absolutly hate that.

OOP pwns

[aliancemd]

Linus said that without GNU Complier the Linux existence was not real, but to call GNU/Linux, I don't think so. GNU started in 1984 they had so much time to make a kernel and there was a team but Linus in 6 months alone made the Kernel, that's the real programmer... U can't call it GNU/Linux, Linus made it alone! U can replace "GNU" with "Linux", that's better... because GNU now use almost just Linux Kernel...

[becomepostal]

Here is a gem in this video: "Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is sort of like giving the Han Solo Award to the rebel fleet".

I agree with him. Indeed, Torvalds could have been given a Free Software Foundation Award when he decided to release the Linux Kernel under the GNU license.

[callaocallao]

Stallman taliban blah blah blah

[kmav81]

the music and torvalds playing with the children in the background makes this somewhat weird. epic i would say

[sitaktif]

I'm so glad more and more people understand the benefits of open-source...

Btw, anybody knows the name of the song playing on background ?

[Keruaran]

I think it would be nice if Linus and Richard had a chat and agreed on a couple of things:

1. It would be nice if Richard would accept that people just calling it "Linux" is pretty much unavoidable.

2. It would be nice if Linus suggested to Richard something like, "people are just going to call it Linux anyway so lets agree on what Linux means as a general term. It should mean Free Software. It should be synonymous with the GNU GPL. Lets use this simply because its a name that works."

[fapfaptrain]

rms really doesn't budge on terminology. He's extremely picky about what people say, and has his own internal glossary. I believe he prefers the term "Author" over "Creator", because a creator apparently implicates a deity. So, rms + GNU/Linux - GNU = no.

[Dampir]

The problem is, Torvalds does not care about free software. The kernel Linux, is not free software. Its source code contains binary blobs, and they practically can't be modified - they are not source. Also, there are various proprietary licensed strips of code.

You can check this audio lecture for more info: groups.fsf(.)org/wiki/Alexandr­e_Oliva_(LP09)

[danielsaan1976]

In this case free beer not free speech

[Dampir]

Torvalds is setting a very bad example. This is the main reason why Richard Stallman is pushing really hard to correct the people into calling the system "GNU/Linux".

I believe it is justified. He did not spent 26 years working because of ideals, on just so people can have a gratis alternative to windows. He did it so people can have the freedom to share and have control over their computing.

Even if you do not agree with him you should at least give him equal credit, as Torvalds.

[Dampir]

Calling the system "GNU/Linux" is not THAT hard. It does not matter if "Linux", as the name of the system, is more popular. If it is wrong, that does not make it right.

Calling the system "Linux" and then explain the "GNU/Linux" issue does not help much either. If you explain to someone what the free software movement, etc., he most likely won't explain to the next person. It won't propagate.

[ntg85]

Guh-new? Really? Guh-new? If you're going to go on and on about how Linus Torvalds stole your e-peen, at least try not to sound like a retard doing it.

[avatarion]

stallman is so bitter linux got all the credit. go ahead and minus rep this, but i'm right.

[Keruaran]

I don't think he's bitter, I think he just passionate about raising peoples awareness. Its not so much about who gets credit, but about making people aware of why it exists and what the goal of the GNU project is. Its about freedom, not just free stuff.

I really do think that if the masses already understood then Richard Stallman wouldn't mind so much if people just call it "Linux" if goal has been achieved.

[someman7]

Ok, I'm not saying I disagree. But I would like you to answer: Why? (PM would be good)

[nathanclark80]

+1 x2

[Thelavendel]

he ownes himself by always talking about the name of the system. Only two people in the world really cares about what it's called. Linus and richard.

[db0]

Many more people care about it. Maybe not so passionately about RMS but still. Free Software and its philosophy behind it is the reason the whole thing works.