Z:gnu-www-ja-linux-gnu-freedom--a01b0c-When SIGLINUX invited me to sp/en

When SIGLINUX invited me to speak, it was a &ldquo;Linux User Group&rdquo;; that is, a group for users of the GNU/Linux system which calls the whole system &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;. So I replied politely that if they'd like someone from the GNU Project to give a speech for them, they ought to treat the GNU Project right, and call the system &ldquo;GNU/Linux&rdquo;. The system is a variant of GNU, and the GNU Project is its principal developer, so social convention says to call it by the name we chose. Unless there are powerful reasons for an exception, I usually decline to give speeches for organizations that won't give GNU proper credit in this way. I respect their freedom of speech, but I also have the freedom not to give a speech.