Public bug reported: This file taints rest of the code base with GPL. It originates from iproute2 tool. My suggestion is to replace it with command line invocations of pfkey (or iproute2). OpenVPN does something similar with routes. ** Affects: hipl Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of HIPL core team, which is subscribed to HIPL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697214 Title: licensing and lib/tool/nlink.c Status in Host Identity Protocol for Linux: New Bug description: This file taints rest of the code base with GPL. It originates from iproute2 tool. My suggestion is to replace it with command line invocations of pfkey (or iproute2). OpenVPN does something similar with routes.