UAPI syscall exception interpretation

[Greg KH]

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 09:19:42PM +0000, Muhammad Ali wrote:
> Consider a file: ftpclient.c
> Only include is: #include <sys/socket.h>
> Then a few hundred lines of personal code.
> Then compiler/linker take in ftpcliebt.c and produce a.out (statically or dynamically linked, consider both cases if it makes a licensing difference)
> 
> Does the Linux-syscall-note say that a.out can ALL be under any license of your choice?
> 
> Or do you have to note that your binary is under License X and also includes code which is under license GPL-2.0-WITH-Linux-syscall-note?

For legal issues, please contact a lawyer.  You wouldn't ask a random
internet mailing list full of programmers questions about dental care,
right?  :)

Good luck!

greg k-h