Re: [gentoo-user] Re: s6 et al

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On 03/10/2013 14:55, James wrote:
> William Hubbs <williamh <at> gentoo.org> writes:
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>> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 12:04:24AM -0500, Bruce Hill wrote:
>>> Just stumbled across some very interesting software/ideas:
>>>
>>> http://skarnet.org/poweredby.html
> 
>> Yes, I have been looking at this for a few days, and some of the other
>> members of the OpenRC team are interested in it as well.
> 
> I'm not too sure about the kernel sources:
> "is provided by Gandi and cannot be modified"

That's a GPL violation right there.

The developer absolutely totally cannot do that. He/she may refuse to
provide support if the kernel image is not what is shipped, but by using
Linux they have already bound themselves to an agreement that the
sources must be provided and be modifiable. And, they have to host the
sources on their own network or provide them on demand



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> My experiences with embedded *nix is that the kernel sources
> are tinkered with, almost constantly to infinity......
> 
> You'd be wise to post to the gentoo-embedded group, where
> those learking in the shadows (memory crevaces) have
> lots of experiences with a multitude of embedded ventures.
> 
> Most embedded ventures end up on the waste heap; they made
> critical decision that leave the effort..........borked.
> I'd research into the coding+user community, as being 
> naked and alone on an embedded vetnure, does give rise to
> abandonment.   
> 
> Another consideration is the processor architecture(s) that 
> the codebase runs on. Most embedded and high end processor
> efforts are looking at LOW POWER architectures, as the thrust
> of all future efforts. This means on ARM or ARM+x86 or such.
> 
> 
> That said, the project does look attractive.
> 
> caveat emptor.
> hth,
> James
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