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Android is built on Linux, and it seems to do just fine despite the kernel being GPL'd.
by cwyers 12y ago
Android is built on Linux, and it seems to do just fine despite the kernel being GPL'd.
- 0x0 12y ago"just fine" isn't perfectly true. The bionic interface they somehow "wash" from GPL headers to BSD headers is questionable.
- dezgeg 12y agoNope, there is nothing questionable about it. Linus himself has stated it: http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20110322014831856 http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20110322014831...
- 0x0 12y agoThat's interesting. Still, there are a huge number of copyright holders of the linux kernel and some may have a different opinion on the legalese applies.
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