Re: [tlug] JFS file system license

[Dave Brown <dagbrown@example.com>]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 07:56:29PM -0800, SL Baur wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Dave Brown <dagbrown@example.com> wrote:
> 
> > No, that's not the biggest blockage.  A guy I know uses a Linux box
> > that's built, kernel and all, using Intel's C compiler.
> >
> > After playing around with the idea for a bit, I realized that the
> > biggest blockage to a GNU-free Linux system would actually be GNU make.
> 
> What out of the BSD userland tools require that?

The Linux kernel itself requires it.

It's kind of a pain to build a kernel without using the makefiles
helpfully provided for you.

--Dave