Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:55:41 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: GPLv3 Position Statement |
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>Fuzzy (but realistic) logic: > > kernel != operating_system > > operating_system > kernel > > operating_system - kernel = 0 > > kernel - (operating_system - kernel) < 0 > >Another (license compatibility) Q. is: > If the (operating_system - kernel) is re-licensed under v.3 and > the kernel is still under v.2 , would it be possible to distribute > combination (kernel + (operating_system - kernel)) ?
If by operating system you mean the surrounding userland application, then yes, why should there be a problem with a GPL2 kernel and a GPL3 userland? After all, the userland is not only GPL, but also BSD and other stuff.
>The last Q. is how good is the almost forgotten Hurd kernel?
Wild guess: At most on par with Minix.
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