On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 12:00:21PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Also, note that the Linux kernel includes an explicit exception for > works that simply make system calls; without that exception, software > that uses any system call specific to Linux would most likely be a > derived work of the kernel, and would fall under the GPL.
I still wonder if this exception is legitimate--I don't have any real examples, but with a code base the size of the kernel, I can't imagine that it hasn't imported any GPL code that hasn't granted this permission, or that they really did track down old MIA contributors. (Maybe I have the wrong impression of the kernel people, and they're more thorough with respect to licensing than I think.) -- Glenn Maynard
