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Re: OT Linux patents and Hurd?



On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 16:29, Paul Tsai wrote:
> Has any read that a possible 283 patent violations could be in the Linux 
> kernel?  Does anyone know the possible ramifications of this?  Also what 
> do you feel the timeline is for Hurd to actually become the main kernel 
> for Debian?  Or is that not a possibility.

regarding debian, i would guess that the BSD kernel would become viable
sooner than a HURD kernel. it is already at production stability and has
much more development behind it than HURD.

*but*, there is no one jumping off of the linux ship.

-matt



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