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Yep. Stallman was just a bit salty that GNU turned out to be barely relevant. Most of the code in a so-called "GNU/Linux" system is not GNU.

There really was a GNU project, but it was just an attempt to harmonize system tools across all open and proprietary Unices.

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> GNU turned out to be barely relevant

GCC, GDB, CoreUtils, etc - A COLLECTION of useful programs alongside a kernel such as Linux.

Barely relevant?

We owe our thanks to the GNU project. If Linus did not create Linux, something else would have taken it's place. "Maybe" HURD... or maybe something else.

Are you not using vendor-lockin-licensed LLVM instead?

NetBSD or one of that ilk.

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