Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code

[Alexander Terekhov]

David Kastrup wrote:
[...]
> Since glibc is not even particular to Linux, you can't claim it 
> being an extension/plugin/whatever that can't be used without the 
> kernel.

Do you already have futexes in hurd?

> 
> > > Even if glibc happened to be linked into the kernel (which it
> > > isn't)
> >
> > What do you mean? That ring protection is the only boundary that the
> > GPL can't cross?
> 
> Care for a somewhat less obtuse statement?

I mean system calls.

[...]
> only where the combined work becomes an inseparable whole that is
> beyond the scope of copyright law's aggregation clauses that the terms
> of the GPL demand that the combination as a whole is licenced under
> the GPL.

ROFL.

regards,
alexander.