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    submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    I don't think i need to explain how it works, should i ?

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    [–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    Seriously. Yes.

    If Microsoft doesn't have a secret internal build of Windows that runs on a Linux Kernel, they're out of their minds.

    The Windows Kernel, as cool as it is, is 100% a cost center. If Microsoft switches (seemlessly) to a Linux kernel, no one would really notice. So at some point they should really switch it.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)
    1. they'll have to opensource the code if they use linux kernel
    2. even with linux being vastly superior, it nice we have 3 major kernels with widely different approaches. it would be sad if either of these 3 dies out
    [–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)
    1. they'll have to opensource the code if they use linux kernel

    Only changes they would make to the kernel. There is no obligation to make an OS utilizing the linux kernel open source.

    [–] ricdeh 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    An oversight by the developers. Had they licensed it under the GNU GPL v3, such a thing would not be possible.

    [–] ammonium 5 points 10 months ago

    No, the GPLv3 changes nothing in this regard.

    [–] joel_feila 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Legal question. If Windows on the linux kernal needs to open source, but that does not apply to other software it runs, right? So could they close source their DE and charge for that, or charge for the windows store?

    [–] ricdeh 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    That is correct. Microsoft could simply charge for their closed-source desktop environment or their package manager or their software environment in general, but any modifications to the kernel would need to be free and open-source (though they could still charge money for it).

    [–] joel_feila 2 points 10 months ago

    thanks for the answer.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

    even with linux being vastly superior, it nice we have 3 major kernels with widely different approaches. it would be sad if either of these 3 dies out

    Agreed. I do think at least a couple versions of the Windows NT kernel are going to live on forever in emulation, thanks to some pretty awesome games that require it.

    [–] droans 2 points 10 months ago

    If Microsoft switches (seemlessly) to a Linux kernel, no one would really notice.

    Besides quite literally every piece of software breaking, sure.