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Cooperative Linux 0.51Cooperative Linux 0.51Posted Jan 25, 2004 22:50 UTC (Sun) by proski (subscriber, #104)In reply to: Cooperative Linux 0.51 by donwaugaman Parent article: Cooperative Linux 0.51 Absolutely. A Linux distribution for Windows could run the kernel and the X server in the background and provide a launcher for Windows that would run Linux software of the Linux kernel. This would eliminate the need to port userspace software to Windows. So instead of buying Photoshop or running unstable Win32 port of The GIMP, I could run the Linux binary of The GIMP directly on a Windows machine. Of course I don't want to discourage the ongoing efforts to bring free software to Windows, but having an additional option would be a nice thing to have.
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Cooperative Linux 0.51 Posted Jan 26, 2004 20:20 UTC (Mon) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link] From the announcement: "Cooperative Linux is like the kernel mode equivalent of User Mode Linux. It relies on the host OS kernel-space interfaces rather than relying on host OS user-space interfaces." Doesn't this pose a small GPL problem? Would linking the GPL kernel with the Windows kernel-space interfaces be a violation of the GPL? ... Just wondering.
Cooperative Linux 0.51 Posted Jan 26, 2004 22:05 UTC (Mon) by piman (subscriber, #8957) [Link] No. GPL section 3 explicitly allows it. This is also dealt with in the FSF's GPL FAQ.
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