Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] scsi.h uses "u8" which isn't defined.

[Chris Friesen]

Rob Landley wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 August 2003 20:02, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> > > If userspace applications are ultimately compiled using Linux header
> > > files, indirectly included via Glibc or some other libc, and the
> > > kernel header files are GPL (version 2 only; not LGPL or any later
> > > GPL), isn't distributing those binary applications a gross violation
> > > of the GPL in some cases?

> > One way or another (direct inclusion, or via glibc-kernheaders pkg) the
> > headers today are GPL'd not LGPL'd... so I suppose it remains the realm
> > of lawyers...

> So I take it one of the goals of cleaned and pressed kernel-ABI headers for 
> 2.7 would be to have them distributable under LGPL?  (Just trying to be 
> explicit, here...)


I thought that this case (including kernel headers) was the whole point 
of the exemption in the COPYING file.  Am I missing something?

Chris

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