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On 2008-08-10, b.n. <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I ask it here because I really don't know where to ask it. |
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> Is there a Linux system somewhere with a *non-GNU* userland? |
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What do you mean by "non-Gnu"? |
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SW for which the FSF doesn't own the copyrights? |
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SW which is distributed under something other than one of the |
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Gnu Public Licenses? |
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> I wonder in particular if: |
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> - there are Linux systems using the BSD userlands |
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Are there even any BSD systems with 100% non-GNU userlands? |
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The last time I did a basic FreeBSD install, it included Gnu |
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user-land stuff (e.g. gcc). |
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> - there are Linux systems using completely non-standard userlands... |
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> let's say, non-Unix tools on top of a Linux kernel. |
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I'm sure there are embedded Linux systems which contain little |
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or no FSF-owned code. But I don't know if you'd consider those |
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systems to even _have_ a "userland". |
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> Only thing I can think about is (maybe) embedded systems or |
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> things using busybox, but in the latter case just imitating |
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> gnu or bsd userlands. |
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Grant |