> To quote the GPL: > However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need > not include anything that is normally distributed (in either > source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, > kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable > runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable.
This does - without any doubt - allow porting GPL to non-free Operating Systems. We all should keep in mind that GPL Version 2 was written 1991. At this time using an free OS really was not common - linux was in its very early stages far from beeing an reliable OS. Free software at this time had to be linked to non-free operating systems. Elmar
