Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] in-kernel sockets API

[Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 02:12:41PM -0700, Daniel Phillips wrote:
 
> This has the makings of a nice stable internal kernel api.  Why do we want
> to provide this nice stable internal api to proprietary modules?

because there is IMHO legally nothing we can do about it anyway.  Use of
an industry-standard API that is provided in multiple operating system
is one of the clearest idnication of some program _not_ being a
derivative work.

Whether we like it or not, it doesn't really matter if we export them
GPL-only or not.  Anybody using those scoket API calls will be having an
easy time arguing in favor of non-derivative work.

The GPL doesn't extend beyon what copyright law allows you to do...

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- Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>          	        http://gnumonks.org/
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