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Assuming this is aiming to be a Linux replacement, GPLv3 certainly isn't the right choice for a license.



From http://www.manux.info/en/:

"The kernel was written from scratch"

"shares no code with the Linux kernel"

It's not Linux, just Linux compatible. So I guess the author can apply any license they fancy.


Not what I meant. A large part of Linux's success came from companies contributing their code and using it. Companies really don't like GPLv3 because of it's Tivoization stuff.


Do you have data to support that claim, or is it just one of those thing some people chose to believe?

If we were to go and do a gitblame on the whole source tree, how high percentage would account for companies that produce/depend on DRM? 75% (majority), 25%(strong minority) or some 0.00something which barely register.




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