[systemd-devel] License of systemd API

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 03:52:09PM +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> At Hackers News, someone (seemingly involved with OpenRC) claims that
> the systemd API is somehow licensed under the LGPL. Thus making it
> impossible for OpenRC to implement the same API.
> See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6446700 for the entire comments
> and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6448366 for the specific claim
> made by the user synchronise.
> 
> As far as I understood, an API cannot be under any license/copyright.
> Just the method/code implementing it is.
> 
> Anyway, to avoid any misunderstandings, could a main developer clarify
> if the systemd API is or is not under a copyright / license and if it
> is, which?

If you have legal questions, please contact a lawyer, not a programmer.

greg k-h