Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:01:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: djohnson@acuson.com (David Johnson) Cc: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters), freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any Linux distros which are not Open Source? Message-ID: <200101111501.IAA15035@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <3A5CA771.27DCFB7D@acuson.com> from "David Johnson" at Jan 10, 2001 10:18:25 AM
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> > > The Linux kernel has an exception written in to allow for system calls. > > > > Where? In what license? > > It's in the source code tree. From the COPYING file: > > NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel > services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use > of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work". > Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software > Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux > kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it. > > Linus Torvalds Cool. You have the right to modify and distribute the kernel code, granted by the GPL, but there is no license in place granting you the right to utililize the kernel services, since the GPL doesn't entitle you to normal use of the kernel, according to this paragraph... }B^) Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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