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SkyOS Now Runs Linux Binaries Natively

Posted by timothy on from the emulation-is-sincere-flattery dept.

Gunder123 writes: "A new (open source in the past, but not anymore) operating system, SkyOS, in its latest version can run Linux binaries unmodified, without the need of a recompilation, enriching its own application base this way. Their Linux emulation layer lies inside the SkyOS kernel, I wonder if there are any GPL violations going on here. Their future plans involve also an emulation layer for Windows applications, pretty much what ReactOS tries to do for the last few years for the WindowsNT model."

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  1. Re:Say WHAT? by BasharTeg · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    Yeah, and I suppose FreeBSD's Linux emulation is a GPL violation too right ? You've got it backwards kid, the IP theft goes INTO Linux, not out of Linux.

    Besides, this is exactly why the GPL is stupid in the first place. It supports Open Source like the holy jihad, but does it support open standards ? Well, if a non-open source OS wants to be Linux compatible, I guess they're theives right ? Nice open standards.

    Gee, Linux's TCP/IP stack is based on the BSD TCP/IP stack. I wonder if there's any IP theft going on there. Oh wait, the BSD licence supports sharing rather than screaming violation.

  2. Re:Why SkyOS? by wholesomegrits · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you don't like it, don't hang out at a web site that pushes Open Source.


    The website itself doesn't *push* open source...nancyboy Linux zealots push the open source. If you don't like divergent opinions, maybe move to Central Afghanistan?

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