Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Dec 2003 01:02:20 +0100 (CET) | From | Maciej Zenczykowski <> | Subject | RE: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? |
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> Another point worth mentioning is that if the Linux kernel headers are > pure GPL, then user land programs that use the Linux kernel headers > themselves would also be pure GPL by extension if the above argument > holds water. Clearly the Linux developers would like to believe
Problem being that user space programs are not supposed to use the kernel headers - they're supposed to use the glibc headers anyway. In fact the latest kernel source headers don't work in userspace period. And the user space glibc 'kernel' headers are released and distributed seperately and contain much less code than the actual kernel kernel headers.
Cheers, MaZe.
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