Re: Eclipse 3.0 Running ILLEGALY on Kaffe
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:30:30PM -0500, Walter Landry wrote:
> > If so, what is the difference is between Y=Kaffe and Y=Linux? Linux
> > exempts syscall-using clients from being directly covered by the GPL,
>
> That is the difference. Linux has an exemption and Kaffe does not.
... as far as I can tell, Linux has no special exemptions, because
nobody has any authority to grant them. I agree with Raul: historically,
the belief has been that the GPL allows this, though I'm not sure I could
tie that belief to the GPL.
Unless there really is an exemption--how?--the FSF seems to agree:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCPortProgramToGL
unless they really failed to consider the kernel at all when writing
that FAQ.
--
Glenn Maynard
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