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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: David Miller <davemiller2222@googlemail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: legal question regarding use of glibc headers in /usr/include/linux
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:35:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E72FC55.1000909@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+o4b4fpXtF+LgLREPdjY7N06vwhCdOwRWgn-sQZYhL44=w+zA@mail.gmail.com>

David Miller wrote:
> ... some linux kernel headers in /usr/include/linux.
> My question now is: Can I include these headers (e.g. #include
> <linux/types.h>) since they seem to be normal glibc headers that seem
> to be intended to be included in user-space programs that are
> proprietary.

Read the clarification that Linus prepended to the COPYING file in the
kernel tree.


Regards,
Clemens

      reply	other threads:[~2011-09-16  7:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-15 19:57 legal question regarding use of glibc headers in /usr/include/linux David Miller
2011-09-16  7:35 ` Clemens Ladisch [this message]

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