From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.16-mm2
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:53:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1143579182.17522.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060328154246.GA18266@infradead.org>
On Maw, 2006-03-28 at 16:42 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +make-tty_insert_flip_char-a-non-gpl-export.patch
>
> the argumentation is wrong. the previous code beein inline made drivers
> using it even more of a derived work than a _GPL export.
You shouldn't take it that way. My full message to Andrew for public
record was as follows
--
Based on Linus original comments about _GPL we should export
tty_insert_flip_char as EXPORT_SYMBOL because it used to be
EXPORT_SYMBOL equivalent (trivial inline). The other features are new
extensions are were not available to drivers before so need not be
provided except as _GPL functionality as far as I can see.
None of the above should be taken as permission directly, indirectly or
by means such as estoppel of the waving of GPL rights and me giving
permission for non-GPL code to use any of my GPL code if it is in any
way derivative of my work of course.
--
So if its derivative then so be it.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-28 20:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-28 8:35 2.6.16-mm2 Andrew Morton
2006-03-28 13:46 ` [PATCH 2.6.16-mm2] Kconfig SND_SEQUENCER_OSS help text fix Frederik Deweerdt
2006-03-28 22:23 ` Lee Revell
2006-03-29 7:36 ` Clemens Ladisch
2006-03-29 9:44 ` Frederik Deweerdt
2006-03-29 18:20 ` Takashi Iwai
2006-03-30 7:36 ` Frederik Deweerdt
2006-03-30 9:21 ` Rene Herman
2006-03-30 11:51 ` Frederik Deweerdt
2006-03-28 15:15 ` 2.6.16-mm2 bert hubert
2006-03-28 15:42 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Christoph Hellwig
2006-03-28 20:53 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2006-03-28 18:16 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Badari Pulavarty
2006-03-28 19:11 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Andrew Morton
2006-03-28 19:38 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Andi Kleen
2006-03-28 19:59 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Badari Pulavarty
2006-03-28 21:52 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Kumar Gala
2006-03-28 22:05 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Russell King
2006-03-28 22:21 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Kumar Gala
2006-03-30 9:27 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Reuben Farrelly
2006-03-30 9:43 ` 2.6.16-mm2 Andrew Morton
2006-03-31 14:56 ` [-mm patch] arch/i386/kernel/apic.c: make modern_apic() static Adrian Bunk
2006-03-31 15:02 ` Andi Kleen
2006-03-31 15:16 ` Adrian Bunk
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