From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:38:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:38:17 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:56757 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:38:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:37:12 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: Crispin Cowan Cc: Greg KH , Alan Cox , linux-security-module@wirex.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Binary only module overview Message-ID: <20010926233712.H968@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <3BB10E8E.10008@wirex.com> <20010925202417.A16558@kroah.com> <3BB229D1.10401@wirex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <3BB229D1.10401@wirex.com>; from crispin@wirex.com on Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 12:17:37PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 12:17:37PM -0700, Crispin Cowan wrote: [snip] > That is not clear to me. I have been unable to find a definitive > reference that states that is the case. If so, it is problematic, > because then every user-land program that ever #include'd errno.h from > glibc is GPL'd, because glibc #include's errno.h, among other GPL'd > kernel header files. Are you sure you want to declare nearly all > proprietary Linux applications to be in violation of the GPL? AFAIK, the glibc (and most other libraries) are LGPL rather than GPL. [snip] /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/