linux_learner Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index....age=1&pagePos=2 will it? we'll see. what do yall think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 And the response is already available here http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041121124609671 But face it.. there are tons of forks in Linux already. There are kernel version forks for example (2.2 vs 2.4 vs 2.6) and then there are distro/people forks such as mandrake kernel, vanilla kernel, fedora kernel, tmb kernel, etc. And the linux world still hasn't come to an end since most of those forks go back from/to the main treeline :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Forking in the Linux world is different than the UNIX world. Here, if you don't find a distro that suits your particular needs, then you can create one. This is exactly why Beowulf Linux was created, since a particular need could not be met by any other distro at the time. Linux and the GPL specifically allow for this creativity, while the Proprietary UNIX license does not, even though it permits adapting to specific hardware platforms, as per the individual license terms. I would say that rather than forking, UNIX fractured. The breadth of Freedom and Creativity specified in the GPL is breathtaking in its scope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 That's just a bunch of hype...they didn't understand what Andrew Morton was saying, Linux has always "forked", it's the way it works. You fork the next version (unstable) until it becomes stable. Dragonmage's link explains it all :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 I was talking with tuxiscool about this last night, the fork just means when they split unstable off stable until it becomes stable, eg, split 2.5 off 2.4 and 2.5 became 2.6 :D iphitus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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