On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 19:27 -0700, Gerrit Huizenga wrote:
> Plus, do we really want Apache or other licensed software directly
> including GPL header files? Oh what a tangled web we weave when we
> suck GPL headers into other applications.
libstdc++ is GPL too. Why's that not a problem? Because it has an
exception explicitly allowing you to use it _without_ becoming covered
by the GPL, in certain circumstances. A bit like this one:
NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use
of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
Of course, the libstdc++ exception was written a bit more carefully than
ours, but ours seems to be perfectly sufficient.
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/license.html
--
dwmw2
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
