Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 29, 2006 02:53 PM
That's not true at all, it's perfectly possible to release code under multiple licenses. Each copyright holder can easily say that their part is licensed by something different.
The kernel is NOT monolithic, it is the sum of it's parts that together provide a set of functions. It's very easy to release different parts in different ways, it's just easier to provide a single "kernel thing" that represents those parts.
Also, it's naive to think that the stuff that Linus has written is not replaceable, it may not be desirable to do so but it's definitely possible. Just as in all aspects of life no man is an island and EVERYONE is replaceable AND the things they have done. Linus isn't the only bright cookie working on Linux.
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Re:Outvoted?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 29, 2006 02:53 PMThe kernel is NOT monolithic, it is the sum of it's parts that together provide a set of functions. It's very easy to release different parts in different ways, it's just easier to provide a single "kernel thing" that represents those parts.
Also, it's naive to think that the stuff that Linus has written is not replaceable, it may not be desirable to do so but it's definitely possible. Just as in all aspects of life no man is an island and EVERYONE is replaceable AND the things they have done. Linus isn't the only bright cookie working on Linux.
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