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The only thing that really bothers me with this new OS is that the kernel is no longer GPL. With a GPL kernel like Linux we had a chance of getting the kernel
by mcirsta 10y ago
The only thing that really bothers me with this new OS is that the kernel is no longer GPL.
With a GPL kernel like Linux we had a chance of getting the kernel source code ( some companies don't care if it's GPL anyway ) for our devices but if it's Apache or BSD good luck with that.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI suspect that's intentional. Google seems to prefer Apache-style licensing, as that's what they used with Android. By not relying on the Linux kernel, they get to avoid the whole copyleft kerfuffle.