On Fri, 11 May 2012 14:32:54 +0100, Jon wrote in message <20120511133254.GD1319@debian>:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 06:40:53PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..it is (at least in theory) possible to crack both GNU/Linux and > > */kfreeBSD at the same time, and it is also possible to attack > > GNU Hurd at the same time as the former 2, even if I agree with > > Microsoft FUD that by extension holds it's less likely because > > of the wee windfall that can be had from attacking the decidedly > > _small_ etc number of people running GNU Hurd. > > But that could change, like it has with GNU Linux. > > Ah ok, I see. I was not suggesting KFreeBSD for security reasons. ..aye, the *BSD unices _used_ to be "good on security" a decade or so ago. > > ..aye, but researching OP's 2 links further, I found this > > neat wee litigation trap: ;o) > > http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue > > Yes that's what I was referring to. The CDDL is incompatible with the > GPL, but it is fine with the BSD license, so Debian GNU/KFreeBSD > doesn't have those problems. ..er, any Debian GNU/KFreeBSD distro would be mostly GPL, no? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120512002221.40174...@celsius.lan
