Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:51:31 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: GPL issues |
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Hello!
> > 1. If an application is built on top of this modified > > kernel, should the application be released under GPL? > > No. Applications that merely use the services the kernel provides need > not be GPL.
However, this doesn't necessarily apply to cases where the kernel modifications just export internal kernel stuff to userspace. In such cases, the userspace application is very likely to be a derived work of the kernel, so GPL applies there as well.
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