gpl backlash?

[John Cowan]

Kyle Rose scripsit:

> [T]he LGPL, the license under which the major libraries are
> released, specifically allows non-free programs to link to binaries
> under that license.

The kernel, however (which is just another library), is under the GPL.
I know that Linus explicitly states that the GPL's viral properties
do not spread from the kernel to user-mode code, but I don't see how that
can be made consistent with the GPL's claim that "changing it [the GPL]
is not allowed."

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