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Yes, I know GNU means 'GNU is Not Unix', but what's that GNU?? I mean, if I substitute GNU in its own definition, I get 'GNU is Not Unix is Not Unix', and I can do it again infinite times. It could sound quite stupid as a question, but I really can't understand...
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The GNU operating system is a complete free software system, upward-compatible with Unix. GNU stands for “GNU's Not Unix.” It is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g. Richard Stallman made the Initial Announcement of the GNU Project in September 1983.
GNU is a Unix-like operating system. That means it is a collection of many programs: applications, libraries, developer tools, even games. The development of GNU, started in January 1984, is known as the GNU Project.
GNU is an operating system which is 100% free software. It was launched in 1983 by Richard Stallman (rms) and has been developed by many people working together for the sake of freedom of all software users to control their computing. Technically, GNU is generally like Unix.
The original name of the operating system that is today often by mistake called "Linux" is GNU: http://www.gnu.org/ - and GNU compiler was used to compile Linux. GNU is the full operating system. When based on Linux kernel, one may refer to it GNU/Linux.
It's a recursive acronym.
Or in other words: you missed the joke. :)
(source: stephank.nl)
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It's a recursive acronym; just like PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, or, my favourite, GNU HURD, which stands for HIRD of Unix-Replacing Daemons, where HIRD stands for HURD of Interfaces Reflecting Depth.
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