Re: What is accepted into the standard kernel sources ?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 6 Feb 1998 17:46:44 +0000 (GMT)

> What about the specific exception clause to the GPL that Eric Raymond
> has been talking about? Evidently, you can tack on a specific
> exemption to the GPL which avoids the tainting problem. They used it
> first to GPL java programs.

There is the LGPL which is GPL libraries you may use to build non GPL
apps, but these two bits clearly dont standalone. Other modifications
to the GPL would be a new license that broke the GPL if they added
restrictions (and losing the rights to source of a module is a
restriction).

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