Nice to see an update

> Importing drivers from Linux (both in gnumach and also in userland via netdde) has proved too complex as Linux moves quickly.

Given that I thought the whole point of a microkernel was to move everything possible (ie drivers etc) into userspace, this is probably the main reason why HURD doesn't use linux drivers (assuming that is true in the first place).

If a driver is compiled as a stand-alone executable, then its licence (which is NOT necessarily GPLv2) will not impact on the HURD licence (or vice versa).

(I gather there's a fair bit of MIT/BSD/v2+ code in linux, depending on the authors' whims. It's just that it's all compatible with pure v2.)

Cheers,
Wol