From: Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>
To: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org
Subject: Re: [Xenomai] __ipipe_root_status exported GPL only but used to be not GPL only and is breaking other code
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:38:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5488AF3A.8020504@xenomai.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141210201140.GL24110@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
On 12/10/2014 09:11 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 09:13:57PM +0100, Philippe Gerum wrote:
>> The point is about being able to discuss issues without starting useless
>> rants or flame wars.
>
> I was not trying to. I think I was getting frustrated chasing around
> git trees wondering why I could not figure out where the change came from.
>
>> The I-pipe interface was moved to GPL_ONLY to clearly state that such
>> code intimately depends on the kernel innards, has to know about them to
>> function, and therefore any client code has to be GPL-compatible to
>> comply with the kernel license.
>
> Well I think most of the interfaces were already GPL only even in 2.6.36
> from what I can tell, so nothing new there.
>
GPL_ONLY is a clear statement that if somebody converts this to plain
EXPORT_SYMBOL() in the code in order to link whatever non-GPL module, he
is definitely and willingly violating the kernel license. This does make
a difference.
--
Philippe.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-10 20:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-10 18:37 [Xenomai] __ipipe_root_status exported GPL only but used to be not GPL only and is breaking other code Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 18:42 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 19:02 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:04 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:05 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 19:09 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:11 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:12 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 19:13 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 19:19 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:24 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 19:39 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:47 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 19:55 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:59 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 20:05 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:44 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 19:52 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:57 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-10 20:12 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 19:45 ` Philippe Gerum
2014-12-10 19:44 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 20:13 ` Philippe Gerum
2014-12-10 20:11 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 20:38 ` Philippe Gerum [this message]
2014-12-10 21:16 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 21:23 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 21:55 ` Jeff Webb
2014-12-10 22:01 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-10 23:18 ` Jeff Webb
2014-12-10 20:53 ` Jeff Webb
2014-12-10 21:58 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix
2014-12-22 10:06 ` Jan Kiszka
2014-12-22 11:19 ` Philippe Gerum
2014-12-22 14:46 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-22 15:00 ` Philippe Gerum
2014-12-22 19:08 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-22 14:42 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-12-22 14:44 ` Jan Kiszka
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