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The technical reasons for Fuchsia to exist are debatable. The real reason it exists is because Linux is GPL.
by snarfy 6y ago
The technical reasons for Fuchsia to exist are debatable. The real reason it exists is because Linux is GPL.
- cxr 6y agoIf that were true, then Google could have picked BSD or Linux's progenitor Minix, like Apple and Intel did, instead of starting from near-scratch.
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- aquabeagle 6y agoGoogle is king of NIH.
- deathgrips 6y agoNational Institute of Health?
- ModernMech 6y agoNot invented here.
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- stronglikedan 6y agoOthers seem to think the real reason is DRM, which seems more googlish to me than Linux being GPL.
- m4rtink 6y agoYeah, theiy already are half there with all Android userspace and tooling being under non-GPL and Google Play Services being outright proprietary.