Talk:GNU Mach

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License[edit]

How is it possible that GNU Mach is available under the GPL, when Mach 3 requires a Unix license from AT&T or successor? [1] Or was it derived from what appear to be public domain portions? [2] -- Beland (talk) 15:03, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk page. For anyone else, the source you are pointing to is talking about a complete operating system. The Unix source license is for the non-kernel parts of the system. The Unix source license isn't for the Mach kernel itself. AlistairMcMillan (talk) 19:01, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Based on?[edit]

Why is it based on 3? Or 4 as links say. Wasn't 2.5 the last good one? 86.138.191.114 (talk) 10:05, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relevance of the article[edit]

Is GNU Mach used by somebody for something? Why is there an article on the topic? Seems completely irrelevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.44.239 (talk) 22:06, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GNU Mach is used by the GNU Hurd as the Microkernel. Ziiike (talk) 21:17, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge this article to GNU Hurd[edit]

I propose this article be merged to the GNU Hurd article. AadaamS (talk) 13:47, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support Unless someone can demonstrate that this is actually used anywhere outside the larger Hurd system. --hydrox (talk) 02:38, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: Searching for "gnumach" from out of the Debian packages turns up stuff that seems to be installable on non-Hurd systems, unless I'm misreading things: Debian -- Package Search Results -- gnumach Cooljeanius (talk) (contribs) 01:33, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support It is part of the GNU Hurd project. Editor-1 (talk) 12:48, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison with other implementations of mach[edit]

Would it be worth it to add a section to this article comparing GNU Mach with other implementations of the mach kernel, such as Apple's mach implementation in XNU? Or would that work better as a separate article called "Comparison of mach implementations" or something? Or are the various mach implementations so different from one another that comparing them would make no sense? Cooljeanius (talk) (contribs) 01:40, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]