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Amazon don't distribute any of their Xen-derived code, so they don't have to give the source out either. This is something that the GPL version 3 tried to fix.

• wolfgke 11y ago
  > Amazon don't distribute any of their Xen-derived code, > so they don't have to give the source out either. > > This is something that the GPL version 3 tried to fix. This is something the AGPL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License) tried to fix.
  • serge2k 11y ago
    and as a result it's pretty much forbidden at many places.
  • Tyr42 11y ago
    Well, it's never been tested, and I think that companies are not sure if it's safe to use it ever. I don't exactly know how much of the stack you have to provide the source for.
• uxcn 11y ago
  GPLv3 has to do with locking hardware (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization), which Amazon is still vehemently opposed to for obvious reasons.