Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux, Solaris, and NT

[Warner Losh]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "SteveB" writes:
: Since when is a product required to be open source to run on Linux? My
: understanding was if an product was developed using GPL'd code or
: libraries then that product is required to offer source.  But just an
: application running on Linux, that will kill Linux.

It isn't.  We were specifically talking about device drivers that are
linked into the Linux kernel.

: So are programs that run on Linux required to be open source? I need
: to know.

No.  Normal programs are not, unless, as you say, they use code that
requires otherwise.  That part is believed to be safe, even by the
more paranoid attorneys that I've talked to.

Warner


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