> Secondly, UDI drivers will almost certainly be loadable kernel modules,
> using a fixed, and well defined interface. Linus (as the main copyright
> holder of the Linux kernel) has already said that loadable kernel
> modules which restrict themselves to the kernel interface as defined by
> /proc/ksyms are considered separate entities, and are not covered by the
> GPL copyright --- just as user programs which use the normal kernel
> system calls are not considered part of the kernel, but using normal
> kernel services. So all of the copyright arguments are also a red
> herring.
That interpretation is at inconsistent with the kernel header files - see
the header file <linux/notifier.h>:
[...]
/*
* Warning to any non GPL module writers out there.. these functions are
* GPL'd
*/
[...]
Ralf
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