plan 9 and other operating systems

[Bill Broadley broadley@turing.ucdavis.edu]

> 
> 
>    I have one serious comment. Linux is a mess, but A) it works, and
>    B) it is totally unencumbered, [...]
> 
> I'm not going to holler about the implementation of (and the number of
> things that *don't* work in) Linux here.  I'll save that for another
> day.
> 
> However, I feel compelled to bash on your point B a bit.  Linux is in
> fact quite encumbered.  The GPL forces a distributor to either always
> give you source with any binaries, or to (essentially) become a
> clearing house for very cheap copies of the source for anyone
> requesting them.  If you don't believe that, go read the license.
> This can be a big hassle for some people, and it's clear that some (of
> not most) Linux distributors just violate the GPL and don't worry
> about it.

This is completely wrong you can sell commercial produces for linux you
just can use parts of GPL code in your commercial product.



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