So, OS’s that don’t ship with GNU components aren’t Unix?
See: any BSD.
All of the things you mention in your post have _alternatives_ that also comply with whatever they reference: there are other MP3 encoders, there are other types of gas, there are other democratic republics…
It is, after all, a great tradition of UNIX™ systems to install the OS... and then immediately install GNU tools on top to make it less painful to work on. This is just macOS carrying the banner proudly:P
That's so true. The OS ships with certain things preinstalled, but you can install other or newer versions of them.
And if I found myself in a shop where I needed to use standard command line tools to do my job but wasn't allowed to install or update them, I'd be looking elsewhere because life's too short for that bureaucratic overreach.
I hear horror stories like bosses not allowing their employees to choose their own tooling. Pretty much any office like that which doesn't have armed soldiers guarding the building deserves ridicule.
GNU is not Unix...
"GNU is not Unix" is a name, not necessarily the truth.
See also: Lame ain't an MP3 encoder, natural gas, DPRK
So, OS’s that don’t ship with GNU components aren’t Unix?
See: any BSD.
All of the things you mention in your post have _alternatives_ that also comply with whatever they reference: there are other MP3 encoders, there are other types of gas, there are other democratic republics…
And more importantly, GNU isn’t Unix.
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Probably not a problem for anyone who needs compliance with a 2003 standard.
Doesn’t GNU literally stand for “GNU’s not Unix”
Stuck with GPLv2 basically.
homebrew is your friend here
It is, after all, a great tradition of UNIX™ systems to install the OS... and then immediately install GNU tools on top to make it less painful to work on. This is just macOS carrying the banner proudly:P
That's so true. The OS ships with certain things preinstalled, but you can install other or newer versions of them.
And if I found myself in a shop where I needed to use standard command line tools to do my job but wasn't allowed to install or update them, I'd be looking elsewhere because life's too short for that bureaucratic overreach.
I hear horror stories like bosses not allowing their employees to choose their own tooling. Pretty much any office like that which doesn't have armed soldiers guarding the building deserves ridicule.