Re: The idea of an own L4

[Alfred M\. Szmidt]

   - the dresden/karlsruhe guys don't really care about what we need/assume
      is needed
   - the dresden/karlsruhe guys don't give us access to development sources
      and we dunno when an upcoming L4 will be released (we even don't know
      whether this would solve our problems)

Would it be possible to talk to the Dresden/Karlsruhe people and see
if this can be solved before commencing a fork?

   Pistachio is distributed under a 2 clause bsd license that is
   compatible with the GPL, AFAIK. This means we can simply license
   new files under the (L)GPL. This is not the nicest, but OK, IMHO.

Or simply stick with the 2-clause BSD license.

To clarify a small error, we can license not only new files under the
GPL, but we can license any changes that are made, and license the
whole thing under the GPL.  Licensing such a fork under the LGPL is
pointless by the way.  

All in all, a fork is the proper way to go, and was the proper way
long before any code was written for the Hurd, it does not make any
sense to depend on a third-party that has different goals than us.