diff options
| author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2026-08-23 17:12:07 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2026-08-23 17:12:07 +0200 |
| commit | ef57b972ccdca085ddcf65b623f1dd4abc90f327 (patch) | |
| tree | 475fa07708b5a7bc0f0877cfcd3296420e8fd255 | |
| parent | eae163832485b34790e6956202a1b1516d87b98b (diff) | |
note the licences of hurd/mach/mig
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd.mdwn | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach.mdwn | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/mig.mdwn | 3 |
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ The GNU Hurd is under active development. Because of that, there is no [[Git|source_repositories]]. The latest release is [[GNU Hurd 0.9|news/2016-12-18-releases]]. +The translators of the GNU Hurd are shipped under the General Public License, +either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. + Although it is possible to bootstrap the GNU/Hurd system from the sources by cross-compiling and installing the system software and the basic applications, this is a difficult process. It is not recommended that you do this. Instead, diff --git a/microkernel/mach.mdwn b/microkernel/mach.mdwn index 3abb548d..6531ead9 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach.mdwn @@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] Mach is a so-called first generation [[microkernel]]. Originally developed by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) from 1985 to 1994, which was then forked and carried from 1996 onward by GNU. It is the microkernel currently used by the [[Hurd]]. +GNU Mach is mostly shipped under a BSD/MIT license, some parts are shipped under +the General Public License, either version 2, or (at your option) any later +version. +The Linux drivers part is shipped under the General Public License version 2, +but that can be disabled easily at compile time. + * [[Concepts]] * [[Deficiencies]] * [[Documentation]] diff --git a/microkernel/mach/mig.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/mig.mdwn index f8046cb2..f071192f 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/mig.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/mig.mdwn @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ and how to be passed. It has its problems with [[structured_data|open_issues/mig_portable_rpc_declarations]], however. +GNU Mig is mostly shipped under a BSD/MIT license, some parts are shipped under +the General Public License, either version 2, or (at your option) any later +version. * [[Documentation]] |