Tad Thorley

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The PING Project Proposal

Many computer users are harassed every day for not using the term "GNU/Linux" even though it is more often known as "Linux". They wish there were an alternative so that they could call it whatever they wanted without being dragged into a pointless argument.

I'm proposing a project to fork (like iceweasel from firefox) all GNU elements (under the GPL) so that users can be truly free: free from harassment, free from the ideals of others being pushed on them, and free to refer to the system as just "Linux". I'm calling it PING--Ping Is Not GNU--because it is recursive and "ping" is part of geek jargon.

Who's with me?