top | item 29461326 (no title) goohle | 4 years ago Of course, Linux is special case, KHTML/WebKit/Blink is special case, Android is special case, etc. Blame special cases. discuss order hn newest tyingq|4 years ago KHTML/Webkit/Blink are all LGPL and/or BSD, which is specifically not restrictive for linking to.Many people assume all of Linux is GPL. I say "special case" because not everyone knows the most-linked-to stuff isn't. yjftsjthsd-h|4 years ago ? Android is, AFAIK, completely permissively licensed except for the kernel, and KHTML/WebKit/Blink are BSD/LGPL; what would be special about them in this context?
tyingq|4 years ago KHTML/Webkit/Blink are all LGPL and/or BSD, which is specifically not restrictive for linking to.Many people assume all of Linux is GPL. I say "special case" because not everyone knows the most-linked-to stuff isn't.
yjftsjthsd-h|4 years ago ? Android is, AFAIK, completely permissively licensed except for the kernel, and KHTML/WebKit/Blink are BSD/LGPL; what would be special about them in this context?
tyingq|4 years ago
Many people assume all of Linux is GPL. I say "special case" because not everyone knows the most-linked-to stuff isn't.
yjftsjthsd-h|4 years ago