On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 14:14 +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > Then, you think that the "Balkanisation menace" is only smelly > > FUD, and that GPLv2 and v3 can cohesist without problems ??? > > > > I'm not an expert, but we can have a GNU toolchain v3 and a > > Kernel v2 ??? > > Man I can't believe what I see. On what platform do you think the > gcc, emacs, glibc, etc.. has been developed on before Linux > existed? > > It is a honest question. > > Kernel space and user space are 2 very well separated world with > very clear boundaries and public interfaces. > > They aren't as clear as you might think, the "public interfaces" can > be copyrightable. Many people think that using a GPLed library with a > GPL incompatible program is ok, for the exact same reason, it has > nothing to do with clear bounders or public interfaces, but what > actually constitutes a deriviate work, and that simply means if you > use some copyrightable bits.
When I say public interfaces I mean interface that has been made available for public use without license "problems". The kernel has tons of private interfaces too. Simo. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
