Re: linking to GPL'd libraries WAS Re: One unclear point in the Vim license

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Subject: Re: linking to GPL'd libraries WAS Re: One unclear point in the Vim license
From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 18:46:56 +1100
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On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 01:39:29PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> No.  It has always been understood by the GNU Project that using
> kernel syscalls does not make something "one program"; the fact that
> Linus mentions that explicitly doesn't change the fact one whit.

How is the GNU Project's understanding relevant when they did
not write the Linux kernel?

Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>

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