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Replacing Linux with a home-rolled kernel?
Yes and at present it is closed source.
Are you sure? It's right here: https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror/magenta
MIT license. Are we talking about the same thing?
Well, MIT licensed, so they can keep the "base" kernel open-sourced and while the snooping bits in the user-installed binaries stay secret.
You can do the same thing with Linux which allows proprietary closed-source kernel modules.
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"the kernel is called Magenta." (Score:2)
Replacing Linux with a home-rolled kernel?
Re: (Score:2)
Replacing Linux with a home-rolled kernel?
Yes and at present it is closed source.
Re: (Score:5, Informative)
Are you sure? It's right here: https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror/magenta
MIT license. Are we talking about the same thing?
Re: (Score:1)
Well, MIT licensed, so they can keep the "base" kernel open-sourced and while the snooping bits in the user-installed binaries stay secret.
Re:"the kernel is called Magenta." (Score:1)
You can do the same thing with Linux which allows proprietary closed-source kernel modules.