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To: Allen Benn who wrote (9720)	5/26/2001 4:01:33 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Re: Hooks You've misinterpreted what I said. I did not say one is inserting hooks to a "proprietary library". What I said was that one inserts hooks as part of the definition of an extended API. The API itself will fall under the GPL and must be disclosed. What will not fall under the GPL is any application which uses these extended APIs. The distinction seems pretty straightforward: anything which extends the functionality of the kernel falls under the GPL and any application which simply runs on the kernel and makes use of its APIs does not. Note that the GPL specifically states: "In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License." This clearly covers the case of a CD-ROM (or a hardware device) which contains both a copy of Linux as well as a copy of the proprietary application program which is not derived from GPL-code as part of a composite product distribution.