12 Mar
2017
12 Mar
'17
9:04 p.m.
Hello all.
I was perusing the list of officially branded UNIX systems, according to
the "UNIX 03" specification and tests done by the Open Group, and I
found there listed something called "Huawei EulerOS 2.0".
https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/xy.htm
Intriguing, ain't it?
So I went to Wikipedia, to see what it has to say about such a beast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specification#EulerOS
And I quote: "EulerOS 2.0 for the x86-64 architecture were certified as
UNIX 03 compliant. The UNIX 03 conformance statement shows that the
standard C compiler is from the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc), and that
the system is a Linux distribution of the Red Hat family."
So, Linux (some variety of it, very closely resembling Red Hat) is now a
"officially branded" UNIX.
I think Mr. Stallman can now say: mission accomplished. GNU *is* now
UNIX. (Linux the kernel might not be a FSF project, but it certainly is
under the GNU General Public License.)
--
Josh Good