linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

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Date:	Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:45:42 +0100
From:	"Olof Johansson" <olof.j.johansson@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Marcel Holtmann" <marcel@...tmann.org>, davids@...master.com,
	"David Newall" <davidn@...idnewall.com>,
	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Christer Weinigel" <christer@...nigel.se>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

On 10/02/2008, Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net> wrote:
>
> Yes, of course, and I'll never argue otherwise. However, what I was saying is
> that it is the claim of the FSF that, in no uncertain terms, a C program that
> uses the standard C library interface and is linked to glibc instead of, say,
> the old Borland libc, is automatically GPL because it's been linked to GPL
> code.
>
glibc is LGPL and will not force you to use GPL.
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