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I understand that the “GNU” is a series of commands and not an acronym, but is there any sort of connection with FSF GNU? Or is it just an interesting coinciden
by aarestad 4y ago
I understand that the “GNU” is a series of commands and not an acronym, but is there any sort of connection with FSF GNU? Or is it just an interesting coincidence?
- cmeacham98 4y agoIt's possibkle Pratchett meant it as an intentional reference to the other GNU, but if it was he never told anyone.
- Symbiote 4y agoHe obviously meant it, all his books are full of references like this. The Annotated Pratchett File is a longrunning effort to document these references, though I'm not sure if it is really being maintained any more -- the Going Postal page is empty. https://www.lspace.org/books/apf/ https://www.lspace.org/books/apf/
- blep_ 4y agoI’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Terry Pratchett, is in fact, GNU Terry Pratchett, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Terry Pratchett.
- gpderetta 4y agosurely it must be GNU/Terry_Pratchett.
- Majestic121 4y agoI think it's too specific an acronym to be a coincidence, and if you read "Going Postal", it's a pretty clear love letter to the hacker culture, so in my mind officially recognized or not, the connection with FSF is there