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by int_19h 1638 days ago
BSD developers can't port things from Linux in a straightforward manner due to license issues. But that doesn't apply the other way around.
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Won't, not can't. *BSDs shipped GPL components for decades before they decided to go for purity. It's a policy decision, not a incapability or mandate.
I don't see why. BSD and GPL are equally compatible, it doesn't matter which way you go. I can see why they wouldn't want a GPL component to be mandatory but it can be made an optional component for Linux compatibility which seems to be the way BSD would want it anyway.