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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <4bbdo8$4sm@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <4b248o$23u@sundog.tiac.net> <4b3bsg$e18@news.siemens.at> <4b79mu$eui@pell.pell.chi.il.us> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:43:20 GMT Lines: 30 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:31149 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10991 comp.unix.advocacy:12468 comp.unix.misc:20226 In article <4b79mu$eui@pell.pell.chi.il.us>, Orc <orc@pell.chi.il.us> wrote: >In article <4b3bsg$e18@news.siemens.at>, >Ingo Molnar <mingo@news.siemens.co.at> wrote: >>Rick Kelly (rmk@rmkhome.com) wrote: >> >>: Actually, at this point, the GPL hasn't affected the Linux kernel at all. >>: >>: There aren't any readily available totally incompatible versions of the >>: Linux kernel out there. You have kept control of the Linux kernel, and >>: the main use of the GPL has been to keep CD-ROM distribution compilers >>: from only shipping binary images. >> >>The main use (or lets just call it a feature) of GPL is, that no code of >>Linus can be used legally in any nonGPLed code. > > Well, unless you get permission from Linus to use his code sans GPL. > Here we go again... :-) Per other previous discussions on the mailing list -- I think you are making the same assumption that I had earlier... That Linus OWNS the kernel. Well, he owns part of it -- but maintains control of all of it. AFAIK, he cannot release the Linux kernel from the GPL handcuffs without agreement from the other contributors. That is one of those GPL slippery slopes.... John dyson@freebsd.org