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FreeBSD has a license compatible with GPL. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#FreeBSD https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#FreeBSD MacOS

FreeBSD has a license compatible with GPL. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#FreeBSD https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#FreeBSD MacOS XNU doesn't. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apsl2 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apsl2

trasz 7y ago
And how’s that relevant? Another example would be the closed source VMWare ESX, which is definitely not GPL-compatible.
- chinesempire 7y ago
  It is relevant because you can't legally distribute GPL code linked to non-gpl compatible code. In fact VMWare and FSF/SFC have been fighting over it for the past 10 years. Even though the court dismissed the claim, VMWare announced that will remove the code in question (https://www.vmware.com/company/news/updates/march-2019-hellwig-legal-proceedings.html https://www.vmware.com/company/news/updates/march-2019-hellw...) You can read more about it here https://linux.slashdot.org/story/19/03/09/0423243/vmware-touts-dismissal-of-linux-gpl-lawsuit https://linux.slashdot.org/story/19/03/09/0423243/vmware-tou... In fact VMWare realese the source code of their drivers (among the other things) because they are licensed under the GPL https://www.vmware.com/download/open_source.html https://www.vmware.com/download/open_source.html And maintains the repositories on Github with much of the GPL code they use https://github.com/vmware https://github.com/vmware
  - trasz 7y ago
    Erm, from the links you've pasted it clearly follows that you can - that's what the court decided, twice, isn't it?
    - chinesempire 7y ago
      Actually the court did not decide that. They disagreed that vmkernel is a driver, they did not rule that GPLv2 software can be combined with incompatible licenses. The source code for vmklinux, The actual kernel module, is released by VMWare for this exact reason.

trasz 7y ago

And how’s that relevant? Another example would be the closed source VMWare ESX, which is definitely not GPL-compatible.

chinesempire 7y ago
It is relevant because you can't legally distribute GPL code linked to non-gpl compatible code. In fact VMWare and FSF/SFC have been fighting over it for the past 10 years. Even though the court dismissed the claim, VMWare announced that will remove the code in question (https://www.vmware.com/company/news/updates/march-2019-hellwig-legal-proceedings.html https://www.vmware.com/company/news/updates/march-2019-hellw...) You can read more about it here https://linux.slashdot.org/story/19/03/09/0423243/vmware-touts-dismissal-of-linux-gpl-lawsuit https://linux.slashdot.org/story/19/03/09/0423243/vmware-tou... In fact VMWare realese the source code of their drivers (among the other things) because they are licensed under the GPL https://www.vmware.com/download/open_source.html https://www.vmware.com/download/open_source.html And maintains the repositories on Github with much of the GPL code they use https://github.com/vmware https://github.com/vmware
- trasz 7y ago
  Erm, from the links you've pasted it clearly follows that you can - that's what the court decided, twice, isn't it?
  - chinesempire 7y ago
    Actually the court did not decide that. They disagreed that vmkernel is a driver, they did not rule that GPLv2 software can be combined with incompatible licenses. The source code for vmklinux, The actual kernel module, is released by VMWare for this exact reason.