live CD + Plan 9

[Taru Karttunen]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:56:50 +0000, syd bris <syd2bris at ...9...> wrote:
> The Plan 9 Operating System was recently ported to the Raspberry Pi
> single-board computer. Meanwhile, Genode now works on the Pandaboard
> single-board computer. Plan 9 is compatable with the Inferno OS, while
> Genode works with other novel OSs. So, have you ever considered
> running the Plan 9 Operating System on Genode? Such multi-porting of
> Plan 9 could act to revitalise this unique OS - and may give Genode a
> wider audience.

If you try this, please be aware of the license issues. Basically you
cannot distribute the resulting binaries. Plan9 is licensed under Lucent
Public License Version 1.02 which is probably not compatible with GPL
due to the choice of law clause.

- Taru Karttunen