Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

David Newall
2008-02-07T13:31:44Z

Pekka Enberg wrote:
> I have simply stated that (1) the problem boils down to what is
> derived work and what is no and (2) the developers use the
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL as a hint of what they think to be derived work (not
> necessarily tested in court). The _logical conclusion_ of these two
> simple facts is, of course, to _not use_ functions marked as
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL unless you're willing to test your belief in court.
>
> Now I see you really want to argue about this but could you please do
> it on some other list than the LKML? We use this list for real work
> too, you know, and right now you're only contributing noise. Thanks!
This *is* real work. You have blinded yourself to the fact that this
discussion is preliminary to a proposed change.

Or put another way, if you want to kill the discussion then the answer
to "shall we" is "no."