[H-GEN] Linux Kernel Licensing Question

[Robert Brockway]

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On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Raymond Smith wrote:

> I want to check my memory. I recall that Linus made some exceptions
> to the GPL linking rules in the Linux kernel. IIRC, they were to allow

Hi Ray.  Modules can certainly be tagged with different licencing info but
I hadn't heard about any code in the kernel proper being under anything
other than the GPL or BSD licences.

> people to link against the system call interfaces between kernel land
> and user land. But there may have been others.

Sounds like the LGPL but like I said, I hadn't heard of this.

> So, am I smoking something? Or is this really the case.

I won't comment ;)

Rob

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