Re: about GNU Hurd

[arnuld]

> On 7/16/07, Daniel Martin <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 15:26 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> > Daniel Martin wrote:
> > > I was unable to access that site, perhaps the server is down. The latest
> > > snapshots are from January 2006. Alfred has stated that there is
> > > currently little point in creating a new snapshot.
> >
> > Is GNU/Hurd now an abandoned project? I always hoped that it would some
> > day see some kind of a version 1.0 come to light. Linux is ok though,
> > but it seems that it's going to stay on GPLv2 for at least a while.

> GNU/Hurd isn't abandoned, but it does need more people to work on it.
> Linux has no choice but to stick with GPLv2 as they removed the `or any
> later version' clause, and therefore to change the license to GPLv3
> would require the consent of all the copyright holders. But to be honest
> the license doesn't matter that much, as long as it is free.
>
> Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.

sometimes i think there are too many people working on Fedora and too
many on Debian and other GNU/Linu distros and here Hurd lacks
manpower. i think people have forgotten their freedom.  Corporates are
a virus to society and as soon as i think of these things my belief
and will for becoming a core developer for GNU/Hurd becomes stronger.



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