Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:18:25 -0800 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any Linux distros which are not Open Source? Message-ID: <3A5CA771.27DCFB7D@acuson.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101091240230.48782-100000@pcle2.cc.univie.ac.at> <3A5BA9E2.34D6D857@softweyr.com> <3A5BB045.40F9856@acuson.com> <3A5C0648.603AB543@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote:
> > The Linux kernel has an exception written in to allow for system calls.
>
> Where? In what license?
It's in the source code tree. From the COPYING file:
NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use
of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux
kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.
Linus Torvalds
David
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