Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 May 2003 15:31:48 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Using GPL'd Linux drivers with non-GPL, binary-only kernel |
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Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Wed, 07 May 2003 02:21:25 MDT, Eric W. Biederman said: > > > Beyond that the whole closed thing is a turn-off. Which is likely to > > reduce interest in your research OS and get you no free feedback on > > the weird situations. > > The target kernel doesn't actually *have* to be closed. What if the > kernel running the Linux driver was some open-but-incompatible licence?
Regarding Eric's point, I think it comes down to what captures the imagination of potential users. Even a GPL'd project is not likely to get much interest if it doesn't offer anything worth using. Conversely, see BeOS for something which was not ultimately a commercial success, but which captured the imagination of a lot of people despite being closed source.
> I'll just pause to point out that the single most successful TCP stack > has to be the BSD one - which started off as DARPA-funded research, and got > lots of feedback in spite of its license.
I disagree. Many of the most successful TCP stacks _forked_ from the BSD one at some time or other (e.g. SunOS, Microsoft), but then they evolved in their own directions, with their unique quirks.
-- Jamie
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