Re: PPS GPIO polling driver license

Also the program itself states

"/*
  * pps-gpio-poll.c -- PPS client driver using GPIO (polling mode)
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  *   (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */

  So why would it require an exception.


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On Fri, 7 Jul 2023, Thangalin wrote:

> [CAUTION: Non-UBC Email]Hi,
> 
> Re: https://github.com/mlichvar/pps-gpio-poll
> 
> Does the driver fall under the Linux syscall note exception to the GPL?
> 
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note
> 
> If not, does anyone know whether there's a driver that does? Or falls under an MIT/Apache2/BSD license?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
>

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