Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965351AbWI0F4d (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:56:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965352AbWI0F4d (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:56:33 -0400 Received: from emailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.24]:27279 "EHLO emailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965351AbWI0F4c (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:56:32 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:55:41 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Sergey Panov cc: James Bottomley , linux-kernel Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement In-Reply-To: <1159319508.16507.15.camel@sipan.sipan.org> Message-ID: References: <1158941750.3445.31.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1159319508.16507.15.camel@sipan.sipan.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1014 Lines: 34 >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 -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/