Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:45:31 -0400 (EDT) | From | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <> | Subject | Re: Binary only module overview |
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, David Weinehall wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 12:17:37PM -0700, Crispin Cowan wrote: > > > That is not clear to me. I have been unable to find a definitive > > reference that states that is the case. If so, it is problematic, > > because then every user-land program that ever #include'd errno.h from > > glibc is GPL'd, because glibc #include's errno.h, among other GPL'd > > kernel header files. Are you sure you want to declare nearly all > > proprietary Linux applications to be in violation of the GPL? > > AFAIK, the glibc (and most other libraries) are LGPL rather than GPL.
What about programs that include header files from /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/asm, and/or /usr/include/scsi?
-- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>
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