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>Suppose I use the linux-vrf patch for the kernel that is freely
>available and use the extended setsocket options such as SO_VRF in an
>application, do I have to release my application under GPL since I am
>using a facility in the kernel that a standard linux kernel does not
>provide?
>
If vrf has no other uses besides your proprietary application, I'd shudder.
>Suppose my LKM driver adds a extra header to all outgoing packets and
>removes the extra header from the incoming packets, should this driver
>be released under GPL.? In a way it extends the functionality of
>linux, if I do release the driver code under GPL because this was
>built with linux in mind, Should I release the application which
>adds intelligence to interpret the extra header under GPL?
>
I don't know an answer (not even a rough one), since there is AFAICS one
example of what you describe: the CiscoVPN kernel module. The source is
available (so you have a chance to run it on any kernel you like), but it's
got a typical EULA. No sign of GPL.
Jan Engelhardt
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