From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
To: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
Cc: linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.6 add qsort library function (UPDATED PATCH, symbol exported _GPL)
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 19:37:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40BFE083.2030600@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040510071552.GB30834@taniwha.stupidest.org>
Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> [ This is an updated patch where the symbol is exported GPL only
> recognized the GPL origin in the code used. Thanks for those
> people who pointed this out. ]
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qsort);
I'm sorry, but I don't see the connection. Just because the code
is GPL, why should a caller be constrained to be GPL?
Is there something about the qsort API that makes a caller
intrinsically a derivative work?
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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Co-Chair
CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer
Sony Electronics
E-mail: Tim.Bird@am.sony.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-04 2:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-10 5:07 [PATCH] 2.6.6 add qsort library function Chris Wedgwood
2004-05-10 7:15 ` [PATCH] 2.6.6 add qsort library function (UPDATED PATCH, symbol exported _GPL) Chris Wedgwood
2004-05-11 14:55 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2004-06-04 2:37 ` Tim Bird [this message]
2004-06-04 4:51 ` Chris Wedgwood
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