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One reason is that it helps keep Linux free by making it harder to pull code out of the tree or maintain out-of-tree drivers, which encourages people to contrib
by Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
One reason is that it helps keep Linux free by making it harder to pull code out of the tree or maintain out-of-tree drivers, which encourages people to contribute their changes upstream.
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- lobster_johnson 9y agoDoesn't the GPL ensure this?
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoYou can write kernel drivers that are not GPL, which is difficult with the continuously changing internal kernel API.