I'm not trying to attack him, but this is pretty funny.
Context: 11 days ago DT released a video where he called out the people who refer to Linux distributions as "Linux" as opposed to "GNU/Linux". Today he released a video where he did exactly that.
Good catch and funny. I mean people still say Xerox something when they're going to use a non xerox copier. But we all know what we mean.
Indeed. "Linux" now means "literally Linux, the kernel" and also "an operating system that uses Linux as the kernel". Kind of like how people say they use "Windows" but they mean that they use "Windows 11".
The only reason saying "GNU/Linux" helps is if you want to give credit to GNU. It doesn't add clarity to anything. Which is warranted, but also, what if I forked GNU and relabeled it as linux-tools. I believe that's within my right, isn't it? To fork and copy things.
It's kinda odd to be like "copyright is bad, the works should be free, and just pass around naturally!" ... "but also make sure I get credit"
To me the credit thing is less about "oh they made it so they deserve the credit", and more about spreading word about the free software movement. Software freedom is good, and GNU is all about software freedom, but people won't find that by searching for "Linux"