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@@ -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
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@@ -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]]