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Everything you say is true. But Linus isn't the only person whose opinion matters. The community built around the GPL UNIX-alike kernel is far larger than the o
by fnord123 10y ago
Everything you say is true. But Linus isn't the only person whose opinion matters. The community built around the GPL UNIX-alike kernel is far larger than the ones around the open source BSDs. The license and ideology were, afaict, a large component in that.
- josefx 10y ago> The community built around the GPL UNIX-alike kernel You mean the GPL v2 kernel that wont ever migrate to GPL v3, keeping it incompatible with anything a GPL purist should touch. Meanwhile Debian GNU/Hurd still isn't production ready.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> The community built around the GPL UNIX-alike kernel is far larger than the ones around the open source BSDs. The license and ideology were, afaict, a large component in that. AFAICT, the only thing the license has to do with it is that it was available under a F/OSS license at a time when all other alternatives were legally encumbered, enabling it to grab the early mindshare and benefit from network effects.