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That's a good assurance that would probably estop a Linux copyright holder from later claiming that a binary using only the system call interface is an infringing derivative work.

It doesn't have the power to define a binary module using an internal interface as a derivative work; that can only be done by a court interpreting copyright law in a particular jurisdiction. In the United States, different Federal Circuit courts have different views of what constitutes a derivative work in software.



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