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Linus Torvalds says that "normal system calls" are allowed, but once you use the original kernel headers, you're subject to the GPL: http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/1

Linus Torvalds says that "normal system calls" are allowed, but once you use the original kernel headers, you're subject to the GPL: http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/12/5/13 http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/12/5/13 The way to avoid this is to use glibc.

Tibbes 16y ago
In relation to Android and Bionic, I think the following message from the same thread is more relevant: http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/12/5/162 http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/12/5/162 (in general, the thread was about kernel modules - this message explicitly mentions user-space)