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FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

Posted Nov 9, 2010 2:43 UTC (Tue) by jebba (✭ supporter ✭, #4439)
In reply to: FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core" by BenHutchings
Parent article: FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

I didn't see him arguing that.

Do you think it's good that the Linus tarball is full of things like:

"Licence: Unknown
Found in hex form in kernel source."

There's a pile of that, for starters... What about all the other odd ball licenses that are floating around in there? Should they remain?


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Ignoring the "open core" bit

Posted Nov 9, 2010 11:15 UTC (Tue) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link]

Agreed, the "open core" rhetoric is misplaced, but the actual point of the message remains. If anyone were to submit stuff for inclusion in Debian or Fedora with "licence unknown", they'd be told to go and fix it.

Ignoring the "open core" bit

Posted Nov 9, 2010 16:01 UTC (Tue) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955) [Link]

Yes, that's exactly why Debian doesn't include those.

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