On Iau, 2005-02-03 at 04:54, Zan Lynx wrote: > So, what's the magic amount of redirection and abstraction that cleanses > the GPLness, hmm? Who gets to wave the magic wand to say what > interfaces are GPL-to-non-GPL and which aren't?
The "derivative work" distinction in law, which can be quite complex because it involves issues like intent. Other than the intentional clear statement that the syscall interface is considered a barrier by the authors there is no other statement. The GPL grants of patents are having a similar effect too, you'll need a patent license from IBM to write RCU using code for example unless its free software. You also appear to misunderstand dual licensing. If you have a GPL/BSD dual licensed module then when its using GPL'd code it ends up a combined GPL work you can't add binary blocks too (except as per being "not a derivative work") Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/