Linked by Emmanuel Marty on Thu 2nd Sep 2004 07:36 UTC
As a programmer and manager of embedded software products for a living, I think that operating system programming is so much fun that it will eventually be outlawed. I've previously published two articles on OSNews, So, you want to write
an operating system and Climbing
the kernel mountain, and tried to summarize my experience in designing operating system kernels as well as technical traps that can be easily avoided.
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@ Will:
>> "You blissfully assume that I consider the GPL a
>> viable license for my own project, which I don't
>> due to its restrictiveness."
>
> *BSD?
That's still hunting a supersonic moving target with a blowgun (the kernel doesn't stand *still* while I focus on other things, so I have to merge all over again when I return). I still would have to put up with POSIX-ish everywhere, drivers compiled into kernel proper and everybody just looking at how well he can recompile KDE on it.
And I still haven't really found myself at ease with the BSD license. In its way, it's even more confusing than the GPL (which is at least *clear* on what it wants from you), and while I know how it's applied *today*, that doesn't tell me how an attorney might tweak it *tomorrow*.
No, thanks.