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[Syllable] The free desktop and server operating system family

Maxim
13-Dec-2009
[1905x2]
would be nice to try to get the latest mesa project running on it 
with the gallium driver model.  that would get you HW accelerated 
gfx without the need for your own HW drivers.
(once I have a bit more C/C++ under my belt, I might see if that's 
at all possible).
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1907]
Yup
Maxim
13-Dec-2009
[1908]
is syllable GPL or MIT/BSD ?
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1909x2]
If you could settle for an FTP server you could try Desktop, but 
you can't trust your files to be safe
LGPL, mainly, so you can run closed software on it
Maxim
13-Dec-2009
[1911]
ok.  LGPL is a "fair" license.  if you edit others work, you help 
them back, but your not *forced* to have them leverage your work 
for free
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1912]
Yup
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1913]
Depending on linking issues, of course. Fortunately the R3 host kit 
seems to be compatible with that linking model :)
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1914]
That will depend on the still-to-be-revealed two licenses
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1915]
I mean architecturally compatible: Dynamic linking with a clean integration 
interface.
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1916]
Yes
Pekr
13-Dec-2009
[1917]
I think that many ppl will be disappointed by licences. There's some 
hint already in Host related wiki document ... imo the licence will 
prevent R3 Clone DLL to work with host .... but I would be glad if 
it would not be so ...
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1918x2]
Though that would be bad on principle, in practice we don't want 
to encourage cloning - it could lead to dividing the community. It's 
better to cooperate than to compete in this case. The main license 
restriction that would hurt us is anything that would prevent us 
from cloning the host code, since that is basically what every host 
code port is.
Clones are good if they don't fork the development effort. As long 
as clone code can be reintegrated into the original, cool.
Maxim
13-Dec-2009
[1920x2]
the point of the host is not to start your own rebol, but to allow 
rebol to work in your stuff.  that, I think, should be emphasized 
within the documentation/web site when it will all be official and 
"a product".
going OT we are in syllable group, and I think now is not the time 
for a license debate.
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1922x2]
To the contrary, it's extremely important to Syllable
The project almost exploded over it two years ago, and I've been 
in dire straits since
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1924]
Wasn't Syllable derived from Atheos, which was GPL iirc? How did 
yo manage to switch to LGPL?
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1925x2]
We didn't switch; it was always like this
When you say "LGPL", it will echo "GPL" in the heads of free software 
zealots and "evil" in the heads of anti free software zealots
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1927]
I guess I didn't recall correctly. I remrmber that the original developer 
of Atheos used the GPL to prevent anyone from making commercial clones 
of his operating system, then abandoned it. Syllable was the result 
of that. I guess I remember wrong.
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1928]
What he said was that he would abandon it in favour of BSD if the 
GPL zealots kept nagging him
Maxim
13-Dec-2009
[1929]
ok, but part of the point for me is that the license isn't yet finalized 
and a direct discussion between you and Carl, is going to be much 
more effective at making the host suitable to your needs than us 
assuming and argumenting about it.


Contrary to what many might think, Carl is quite open to suggestions. 
  When the case and reasoning for it is founded and logical, he has 
rarely been, if ever, at odds with anything I've suggested.
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1930]
Syllable was the result of him simply disappearing
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1931]
So he relicensed as LGPL? Good for him :)
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1932]
NO: it was always like this
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1933x2]
That is what I meant by "abandoned".
Him disappearing.
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1935]
There was NO LICENSE ABANDONMENT
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1936]
No, project abandonment.
Graham
13-Dec-2009
[1937]
Does syllable run on ARM v5 instruction set?
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1938]
The Syllable libraries are LGPL, so that it is a platform for all 
software. This includes GNU's C library
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1939]
Ah, the libraries. That fits then.
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1940x3]
The applications are GPL, because noone needs to build on them, anyway
When Ohloh analysed our code, it turned out we're predominantly LGPL. 
(While Haiku, which chose to be MIT, is predominantly GPL in practice)
And no, there is only Syllable for 32 bit Intel
Graham
13-Dec-2009
[1943]
what's the smallest server footprint in mb?
BrianH
13-Dec-2009
[1944]
Well, the R3 host code license needs to allow LGPL licensed hosts 
- that is what I was talking about earlier. If there are restrictions 
in the host code license that would prevent that, it would be a problem 
for platforms like Syllable with LGPL libraries.
Graham
13-Dec-2009
[1945]
( shame ..all these plug computers which are being used as stealth 
servers are using ARM processors )
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1946]
If you're talking about Syllable Server, that is 370 MB installed 
for the 0.3 version. It is currently growing, but I also did a test 
build for a stripped cloud server that was around 250 MB
Graham
13-Dec-2009
[1947x2]
And ram requirements?
How well does it treat NAND ?
Kaj
13-Dec-2009
[1949x4]
Depends greatly on where you load it and what you run
On a 192 MB machine, it starts up using 13 MB. On a 768 MB machine, 
it uses 21 MB for itself
I'm running a number of websites on Cheyenne fairly comfortably within 
64 MB
What's the context for NAND?
Graham
13-Dec-2009
[1953x2]
Does it need to write to disk frequently?
I think I read somewhere that some of these linuces are optimized 
to reduce disk writes ...