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diff --git a/community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn b/community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn index 102b3b72..c85e7718 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn @@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ system](http://gnu.org). When the Hurd was originally started in 1990, it was the last missing major component for a complete GNU system. Today Linux and other free kernels are available to fill this gap, and the combination of GNU and Linux (often -incorrectly called just "Linux") is in wide use. However, the Hurd is still -interesting due to its unique design, better fitting the GNU philosophy than -traditional monolithic kernels like Linux. +[incorrectly](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html) called just "Linux") +is in wide use. However, the Hurd is still interesting due to its unique +design, better fitting the GNU philosophy than traditional monolithic kernels +like Linux. The GNU GPL guarantees that all users of software published under this license get the legal permission to adapt the software they are using according to @@ -56,9 +57,11 @@ special purposes, or both. Marcus Brinkmann and Neal Walfield from the Hurd project are working at the bleeding edge of microkernel operating system research. They have been in -contact with the most distinguished researchers from the L4 and EROS/Coyotos -microkernel operating system groups, and have published a research paper. -(links...) +contact with the most distinguished researchers in that field from the +[L4](http://l4hq.org/) and +[EROS](http://www.eros-os.org/eros.html)/[Coyotos](http://www.coyotos.org/) +microkernel operating system groups, and have written a couple of [research +papers](http://walfield.org/). * Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2008? What do you hope to gain by participating? |