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Fuschia uses a BSD style license whereas the Linux kernel is GPL. Google or hardware vendors can modify the Fuschia code without sharing the changes with the pu
by cpeterso 9y ago
Fuschia uses a BSD style license whereas the Linux kernel is GPL. Google or hardware vendors can modify the Fuschia code without sharing the changes with the public, for better or worse.
- dragonwriter 9y agoGoogle, as the copyright owner, could do that, or let hardware vendors do so, even if it was GPL. BSD-style means that anyone can do that, even Google's competitors, without any additional permission from Google.