Re: [SLUG] Fwd: Other/Proprietary License??

From: steve szmidt (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Sun Mar 25 2007 - 15:37:37 EST


On Sunday 25 March 2007 16:16, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> Can someboday help me here? Can this company/guy really do this? I
> guess one could make a proprietary "OS" using the GPL'd Linux kernel.
> I'm still doubtful though. Icky proprietary. Yuk!

Unless you believe in (what I would call) a theoretical world, where everybody
have the same views and interests. Linux was clearly intended by Linus to be
a tool for all. Free to be used almost any way you want.

Though I think I'm quickly wandering into what should belong on the political
list. So I deleted most of what I said...

If I recall correctly the line is drawn when your code needs Linux to work, is
linked against it.

-- 

Steve Szmidt

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