On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 23:18 -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
Joshua Hudson wrote:
> On 4/11/06, David Weinehall <[email protected]> wrote:
>> OK, simplified rules; if you follow them you should generally be OK:
..
>> 3. Userspace code that uses interfaces that was not exposed to userspace
>> before you change the kernel --> GPL (but don't do it; there's almost
>> always a reason why an interface is not exported to userspace)
>>
>> 4. Userspace code that only uses existing interfaces --> choose
>> license yourself (but of course, GPL would be nice...)
Err.. there is ZERO difference between situations 3 and 4.
Userspace code can be any license one wants, regardless of where
or when or how the syscalls are added to the kernel.
that is not so clear if the syscalls were added exclusively for this
application by the authors of the application....
Consider a book. The book is GPLed. I do not have to GPL my brain when
I read the book.
I add some margin notes to the GPLed book. I still do not have to GPL
my brain when I read the book.
{^_^} Joanne Dow
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