On Friday 03 June 2011, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > For an ioctl, please follow the normal pattern of defining a separate
> > structure for each case, no union.
> >
> > You can use a void __user * in the common ioctl function, and pass that
> > to the typed argument list in the specific functions.
>
> I have a GPL question. This header file is currently licensed under the GPL
> v2
> only. Does that mean that any application that includes this header file so
> that it can talk to the driver/hypervisor also needs to be licensed under the
> GPL?
If you have a license question, ask your lawyer.
Common answers that you would hear are:
* User space interfaces of the kernel are excluded from the License by the
"normal system call" exception in linux/COPYING.
* If the header files only contain interfaces but no code, they are not
copyrighted.
* If you want to ship a copy of the file with a user space application source,
but have to make it available under multiple licenses to do that, e.g. dual
GPL/BSD.
Arnd
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