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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs (www.phoronix.com)

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There's been some Friday night kernel drama on the Linux kernel mailing list... Linus Torvalds has expressed regrets for merging the Bcachefs file-system and an ensuing back-and-forth between the file-system maintainer.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not under a license which prohibits also licensing under the GPL. i.e. it has no conditions beyond what the GPL specifies.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Not true

The only condition is that CCDL and GPL don't apply to the same file. Wifi works just fine and the source code isn't GPL yet wifi drivers are in the kernel..

https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/2094/are-cddl-and-gpl-really-incompatible

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

...because they are incompatible licenses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There's no requirement for them to apply to the same file? There's already blobs in the kernel the gpl doesn't apply to the source of

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The question was "How do you define GPL compatible?". The answer to that question has nothing to do with code being split between files. Two licenses are incompatible if they can't both apply at the same time to the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The two works can live harmoniously together in the same repo, therefore, not incompatible by one definition and the one that matters.

There's already big organisations doing it and they haven't had any issues