Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL issues | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:31:26 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 23:18 -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > Joshua Hudson wrote: > > On 4/11/06, David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> 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....
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