Z:gnu-www-ja-gnu-linux-faq--a88a28-Calling the system =26ldquo;Linu/en

Calling the system &ldquo;Linux&rdquo; tends to give people a mistaken picture of the system's history and reason for existence. People who laugh at our request probably have picked up that mistaken picture&mdash;they think our work was done by Linus, so they laugh when we ask for credit for it. If they knew the truth, they probably wouldn't laugh.