[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Al Boldi wrote: > > Scott Preece wrote: > >> On 6/19/07, Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > >>>> Tivo didn't make the Linux success. More Tivos can definitely undo > >>>> it. > >>> > >>> I don't think so. > >>> > >>> First, it's not Linux that made success, but rather GNU that uses > >>> Linux as its kernel. And, believe it or not, when people say Linux, > >>> they really mean GNU. People could care less what kernel they were > >>> running, as long as the system is up and runs the procs that offer > >>> their services. > >> > >> --- > >> > >> Actually, for use in devices (like TiVos or cell phones), it is very > >> definitely the kernel that is of interest. Many such devices use > >> little or no GNU software (some manufacturers have consciously avoided > >> it because of the possibility of shifts like the GPLv3 changes). > > > > Sure, but was it Linux in embedded devices that made Linux what it is > > today, or was it GNU/Linux? > > if it was the GNU that made linux what it is today and the linux kernel > mearly an oppurtunist then the GNU/Hurd, GNU/Solaris, GNU/BSD and for that > matter GNU/Microsoft distributions should be steadily and quickly gaining > marketshare
They may never reach critical mass, as GNU/Linux already crossed that border. Their only hope may possibly be a drop-in kernel replacement to leverage the vast availability of GNU/Linux distributions. So what's this got to do with the GPLv2/v3 debate? It's the seemingly fair GPLv2 that was possibly instrumental in growing this large GNU/Linux community, and changing this fairness by hampering parties to enter this community may well be counterproductive. Thanks! -- Al - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
