From ef57b972ccdca085ddcf65b623f1dd4abc90f327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:12:07 +0200 Subject: note the licences of hurd/mach/mig --- hurd.mdwn | 3 +++ microkernel/mach.mdwn | 6 ++++++ microkernel/mach/mig.mdwn | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/hurd.mdwn b/hurd.mdwn index 35e6ea84..a572246d 100644 --- a/hurd.mdwn +++ b/hurd.mdwn @@ -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]] -- cgit v1.3.1