The Linux Kernel Will Soon Be MIT-Licensed and Copyleft Will Be Dead

by Cider9986on 3/8/2026, 6:06 PMwith 4 comments

by malkleraon 3/13/2026, 5:50 PM

The problem I see with all the rewrites is, long term, will the people that created the project stick around 5 or 10 years from now?

Will companies be more willing to donate time/money if they can actually monetize a product built on top of an MIT license?

I think right now the answer is "not enough"

by reploodaon 3/8/2026, 7:36 PM

Oh, I don't doubt there's about three hundred people vibe-recoding the Linux kernel right now, but what reasonable person would trust a remotely important system with it?