aka Hurd (Hird stands for "Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth") coined by Thomas Bushnell, BSG, the primary architect of the Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html (he was dismissed by RMS because he has publicly spoken against the GNU Free Documentation License http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/09/msg00707.html ... http://softwarelibero.it/pipermail/discussioni/2003-November/008465.html).
Dan Lyons reports: http://floatingpoint.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/hurd-on-the-street/ ------ Speaking of Bruce Perens, Ive also had the pleasure of trading email with Bruce over the past several months. Going back over some messages from Aug. 30, I find some perhaps telling hints about a kernel swap. Responding to a question about what happens if Linus Torvalds sticks with GPLv2 while the FSF moves to GPLv3: Much new work all over Open Source would go under GPL3, and much old work not by Linus would be converted to GPL3. Linus is not the only person who makes kernels, and in 10 years well probably be using another kernel with an Open Source license who knows which. Same day, separate message: Perhaps 5% of the code in a distribution is the kernel. There are a number of other kernels around. Debian, which you would otherwise think of as a `Linux distribution, also runs with the BSD kernel, and with the GNU HURD. But not quite as well as with Linux, today, due to not enough interested developers. That could change. ------ regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
