On Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:57:38 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/10/2013 14:55, James wrote: > > William Hubbs <williamh <at> gentoo.org> writes: > > > > > >> 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. Hi, I think you are misreading that sentence out of it's context. The context as I read it states that the hosting server is a VPS leased by Gandi and they don't have control over the kernel (openvz, lxc, containers, etc..). > > 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 > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
