Linux Technology Leadership and the Forking Issue
An argument for Linux variants
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| The concerns about commercial vendors selling products that "fork the
| Linux kernel" are not just overblown; analysis shows them to be a red
| herring. All significant Linux distributions are Linux variants, and none
| of them are or have become Linux forks. We have shown how even basic
| commercial support activities require an independently maintained copy
| (a "variant") of the Linux kernel. Those value-add components
| (features, internal "-ability" enhancements, and quality improvements)
| are frequently the critical factor in the purchasing decision and
| without those values a Linux-based product may not be feasible.
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