Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:46:53 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: malaizhichun@tom.com, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD not use the Linux kernel? Message-ID: <CAHu1Y71jYfTs2HERCywtFkV32MKdefCXnTEBoTkVB3BuoN_LhA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200617205732.58394b1570280c7959a01cd4@sohara.org> References: <3a48ab1ab198c330400be3e942f921f2cd3c3e11.camel@tom.com> <20200617205732.58394b1570280c7959a01cd4@sohara.org>
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 12:58 PM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:33:25 +0800 > kindu smith <malaizhichun@tom.com> wrote: > > > Why does FreeBSD not use the Linux kernel? > > The most fundamental reason that FreeBSD does not use *any* code > from the Linux kernel is the GPL which is fundamentally incompatible with > the BSD license. > > There was MirosBSD which was BSD userland running on a Linux kern= el > but the project has been abandoned for some years. > OS X is XNU / Mach but much of the userland is FreeBSD-ish. --=20 "Well," Brahm=C4=81 said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is = no wiser, but an intelligent person requires only two thousand five hundred." - The Mah=C4=81bh=C4=81rata
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