From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964789AbWEMXMJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 May 2006 19:12:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964792AbWEMXMI (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 May 2006 19:12:08 -0400 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:48291 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964789AbWEMXMI (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 May 2006 19:12:08 -0400 Subject: Re: http://advogato.org/article/888.html From: David Woodhouse To: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Cc: Linux Visionaries Mailing List , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060513230206.GC12213@lkcl.net> References: <20060513230206.GC12213@lkcl.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 00:11:54 +0100 Message-Id: <1147561914.10812.14.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 (2.6.1-1.fc5.2.dwmw2.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 00:02 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > "Recently there has been a fuss over monolithic and micro kernels - > specifically the direction of the Linux Kernel development. Free > Software is about "freedom of choice", and we should be able to > choose to compile the Linux Kernel as either a monolith or a > microkernel. " The GPL permits you the freedom to do this with the Linux kernel. Like buggery, however, it falls into the category of things which are perfectly acceptable between consenting adults, but best kept within the privacy of your own home. -- dwmw2