if libc used compatible headers, they would be derivative....
Dean McEwan, If the drugs don't work, [sarcasm] take more...[/sarcasm].
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 01:29:59 +0000 (GMT) Paul Jakma <paulj@alphyra.ie> wrote:
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On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, David Lang wrote:
> well libc uses the kernel headers and basicly all userspace programs
> use libc so that makes oracle a derivitive work of the kernel??????
libc neednt neccessarily use the kernel headers, it needs to use only
headers that are compatible. Also, though it might use kernel headers,
the headers it provides for other programmes to be compiled against it
are not kernel headers.
further, the kernel's licence explicitely exempts the 'normal system
calls', and kernel headers describing these can quite arguably be
considered to fall within this exemption.
> luckly that's not how things actually work.
unfortunately, its not at all clear.
> David Lang
regards,
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