Z:gnu-www-ja-linux-gnu-freedom--125b2a-Will enough of us care? That d/en

Will enough of us care? That depends on many things; among them, how much influence the GNU Project has, and how much influence Linus Torvalds has. The GNU Project says, &ldquo;Value your freedom!&rdquo;. Joe Barr says, &ldquo;Choose between non-free and free programs on technical grounds alone!&rdquo;. If people credit Torvalds as the main developer of the GNU/Linux system, that's not just inaccurate, it also makes his message more influential&mdash;and that message says, &ldquo;Non-free software is ok; I use it and develop it myself.&rdquo; If they recognize our role, they will listen to us more, and the message we will give them is, &ldquo;This system exists because of people who care about freedom. Join us, value your freedom, and together we can preserve it.&rdquo; See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html for the history.