Bug#573349: ITP: libkcompat -- Linux kernel compatibility library for userspace applications

[Jon Bernard <jbernard@debian.org>]

* Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 01:33:21PM -0500, Jon Bernard wrote:
> > * License         : LGPL 2.1
> 
> Please elaborate how a part of a GPL 2 licensed source (Linux kernel)
> can be LGPL 2.1.

The code is "compatible" in that it provides identical functionality in
userland, but is not simply a copy of header files from the Linux kernel
into a userspace package. To be clear, there is no GPL kernel code in
libkcompat.

For your reference, the source code for libkcompat is found at:

    http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca/?p=libkcompat.git;a=summary

However, the fact that it wasn't clear to you suggests that my package
description needs improvement. I will make sure this happens prior to
upload.

Cheers

-- 
Jon