> This whole thing is about
> taking the bits that make sense, and glueing them together into something
> which will ultimately be better (Hurd). I don't think there is anything
> intrinsically wrong with this process, and could be a win.
Yes, of course I agree that it can be a win. But it can also be a loss for
those who were taken from. I think open source means sharing, which is
different than taking.
Perhaps I'm not as idealistic as Richard Stallman; I don't always believe
that you can give away software and lose nothing. If I create something
which is unique and I give it away, what I have is no longer unique. If I
had to spend lots of money to create it, then the uniqueness also has a
monetary value which I've also (at least partially) lost.
> I'm not a fan of giving Apple free revenue for an Intel port .... rather,
> I was pointing out that we could form a mutual benefit here by porting to
> a common microkernel and leveraging the fact that they already have this
> stuff working on the PPC ... an almost for-free port to PPC with a whole
> suite of device drivers known to work on old/new PPC based macs (and
> possibly be really cool by co-existing with Darwin).
You mean port HURD to PPC. I see. Perhaps I misunderstood you the first
time.
