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…
"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.
> So, OS’s that don’t ship with GNU components aren’t Unix?
Why would you write this? Are you trolling, or do you believe that's really what was meant?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent