Hello Jookia, > Independent modules (things equivalent to userspace programs in Linux I guess)
Linux has a special preamble to the GPLv2 that defines the kernel interface as a license boundary [1]. [1] https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/COPYING > Why does the AGPL not apply to the integration code if it uses Genode > libraries? I think we agree that it should not. More generally, it is not our intention to force-feed the AGPLv3 or any other particular license to Genode-component developers. The choice of the open-source license of a component should be up to the component's developer. The original version of our linking exception clause is somewhat lacking in this respect. It defines an "independent module" as: "a module which is not derived from or based on Genode." This wrongly implies that a component that merely uses the Genode API is not an "independent module". To better express our intention, an "independent module" may better be defined as: "a module which is not derived from or based on Genode, or merely uses the Genode API as defined in the official documentation." For example, a component forked from an existing component would not qualify as "independent". But a custom component that interacts with the Genode API without copying non-trivial amounts of Genode code into its own code base would meet the definition of "independent". With non-trivial, I mean code that implements actual functionality as opposed to simple boiler-plate code. Coming back to the glue-code example, with this clarification in place, it should hopefully be clear that the glue code does not get "tainted" with Genode's AGPLv3, only by the license of the 3rd-party code. Would that modification make the situation sufficiently clear to you? Thank you for your scrutiny! Regards Norman -- Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske Genode Labs http://www.genode-labs.com · http://genode.org Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ genode-main mailing list genode-main@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/genode-main
