Re: GPLv3 Position Statement

[Jan Engelhardt]

>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.



Jan Engelhardt
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