[systemd-devel] License of systemd API

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Sep 26 10:54:54 PDT 2013


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 05:46:40PM +0100, Adam Spragg wrote:
> On 2013-09-26 17:11, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> >And besides that: the glibc headers carry the
> >word for word identical copyright header (only replacing "systemd" by
> >"GNU C Library"). So if those headers are OK for usage with OpenRC
> >the
> >systemd headers should be too.
> 
> But, if I understand correctly, OpenRC isn't going to try and
> re-implement any glibc functionality, but it might try to re-implement
> systemd functionality.

If you worry about this type of thing, please consult a lawyer who deals
with this area of the law.  Don't trust random programmers to give you
legal advice.  Do you ask lawyers for medical advice?



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