FreeBSD, Linux Kernel Source Cross Reference

Posted by michael on Thursday October 30, 2003 @06:19AM from the footnote dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Robert Watson of the FreeBSD Core Team has put up a FreeBSD and Linux kernel source cross reference based on the LXR software used for the Linux kernel cross reference. The stated purpose is to make it easier for FreeBSD users and developers to explore and understand the FreeBSD code, as well as to compare the FreeBSD approaches with abstractions and implementation in the Linux kernel. This should help with portability, compatibility, and architectural cleanliness. Robert has posted to the FreeBSD mailing lists indicating he'll be pushing source code for other *BSD systems and Darwin in the near future as well. Sounds like this may be a really useful site for FreeBSD developers, but also for all open source kernel developers (Linux and others)."

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Danger Will Robinson, Danger! by DShard · 2003-10-30 06:57 · Score: 2, Interesting

isn't this dangerous for BSD developers when looking at GPL software to place less restrictions on there code which could arguably be derivative from Linux. I would think FSF would get their panties that much but I have read quite a bit from Stallman who seems to have an axe to grind with the GPL linux, let alone the closable BSD's.