On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 20:56 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Nope ... I can't build that with GNU gcc and against GNU glibc and
> > release it ... sorry, no OpenAFS :(
>
> ??? Actually, you _can_. You just can't link it into the GPL kernel program.
> [ I'm not posting this to cross you. But someone correct me if I'm wrong. ]
>
> There is nothing in the GPL that prevents a GPL compiler from producing non-GPL code.
> And LGPL can be statically linked against non-GPL compatible code.
>
> So that means the OpenAFS _server_, which is user-space, can be built with GPL GCC
> and dynamically linked against LGPL GLibC.
>
> But the OpenAFS _client_, which is kernel-space, cannot be statically linked into
> the GPL kernel program.
>
> [ I believe there is an OpenAFS client that is GPL, missing various IBM code. ]
>
>
Sorry ... I was talking about the SRPM from SL ... it also build the
kernel modules ...
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