Blogger Kiyoshi Saruwatari claims that Nintendo's upcoming Wii console runs on the open source Linux operating system. According to Saruwatari, who claims to be a Nintendo insider, the company reduced development costs by leveraging open source software and incorporating a Linux kernel into the Wii software platform. A wide variety of additional features like web browsing, video playback, file management, and emulation all run on Nintendo's custom Linux operating system, which uses a proprietary interface. Unlike the other specialized software components, the actual games will not run under the Linux platform, and can be played without booting Linux if the user holds down the "A" button while the Wii is starting up.
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Member since:2006-10-06
"No. "
Well yes... But i should have known that it should be explained.
"- The GPL is not able to replicate itself.
- The GPL does not convert other objects into a copy of itself.
- The GPL does not expose itself to others , it is confined to a particular grouping and is clearly visible as to not be qualified as hidding. "
And what happens with you link it together with something else?
"One good example of this is GPL linking to LGPL code would make the LGPL code GPL if it where viral. All the GPL compatible license that link and interact with the GPL would be GPL also if it where viral. They do not become GPL."
For someone who claims to have so much knowledge of the gpl you surely fail alot.. Now if i were to link a gpl'd program up against my bsd licens program. What licens would the binary end up under? It sure as hell wont all end up licens as bsd.
"The GPL is not a viral phenomena."
That might be true in that world you live in but in the real world your wrong.
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2005-07-06
"This one do... "
No.
"Viral phenomena are objects or patterns able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them."
- The GPL is not able to replicate itself.
- The GPL does not convert other objects into a copy of itself.
- The GPL does not expose itself to others , it is confined to a particular grouping and is clearly visible as to not be qualified as hidding.
One good example of this is GPL linking to LGPL code would make the LGPL code GPL if it where viral. All the GPL compatible license that link and interact with the GPL would be GPL also if it where viral. They do not become GPL.
The GPL is not a viral phenomena.