SkyOS halted

[Dex]

I am shocked and sad to see SkyOS halted, it was always held up as a hobby OS that had made it to the next stage.
I did write some time ago ( on this forum) that, in closed source OS's like this (that seem to port a new linux program, by the day), how much code is linux under the bonnet ?.
Now i have read that he is making a linux kernel ver and as most things already ported

I do not want to call another OS project, as we all know how much work goes into them, but i do ?, why you would code a C/C++ linux like OS, when you can just use linux ?, if its to learn than study old linux vers etc.
http://www.osnews.com/story/21726/SkyOS ... ess_Report

[ruisleipa]

Maybe the point of the project wasn't the new kernel, but a new GUI.

Just a thought.

[AndrewAPrice]

That is disappointing. A Linux distribution with a customized GUI and API is no where near impressive as a full blown OS.

[xvedejas]

My question is this: if he thinks his old kernel is useless, why doesn't he open source it?

[Solar]

My question is this: if he thinks his old kernel is useless, why doesn't he open source it?

I can think of half a dozen reasons not to, the insistence of the OSS community that everything should be OSS not being the least among them...

[ruisleipa]

If it's his code, then he has the power to decide how to license it. Even as a supporter of open source, I can think of some justifiable reasons a person can have for not opening the code. Such as:

• Plans to sell licenses to the software itself.
• Not wanting others to use the code (forking, etc.).
• (This case.) Maybe the programmer has some future plans for the program, but doesn't feel like doing work on that code right now.