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Qwertious on Jan 30, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen

It's GPL'd, and any GPL'd code "infects" any codebase it's merged with (unlike MIT/Apache license).

tormeh on Jan 30, 2015 [–]

I don't really get why that's important. Just because the kernel is GPL'd doesn't mean the drivers, WM etc. have to be.

That's kinda been my vision for how Linux may succeed on desktops/laptops. The GPL'd Linux kernel with almost everything else closed source. I realize I'm just describing Android.

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