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 --- microkernel/mach.mdwn | 6 ++++++ microkernel/mach/mig.mdwn | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'microkernel') 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