I think we've reached the point where we can start being pedantic about what "Linux" means. I don't think the kernel developers care that much about what syste

I think we've reached the point where we can start being pedantic about what "Linux" means. I don't think the kernel developers care that much about what systemd is doing (except for the notorious clash about systemd interpreting a debug option meant for the kernel and crashing the boot...), so you can't say the kernel is copying or doing anything. The distros, however, are possibly the ones you want to blame for pushing and supporting systemd. Which is actually funny because the way it's going, systemd is laying foundations for a new kind of linux distributions to which distributions will certainly have to adapt if they want to keep it.