Re: [OFFTOPIC] GTK and alternative GUIs and windowing systems in Linux

ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 22:12:04 +0100


On Wed, Feb 11, 1998 at 04:09:04PM -0500, Trevor Johnson wrote:

> % cd /usr/src/linux; head COPYING
>
> 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

This doesn't change the the GPL; it's just make the interpretation of the
GPL clearer. With or without that comment - it wouldn't change the facts.

Ralf

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