From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules...
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 13:40:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020404134046.H27376@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E16t5oc-0005kr-00@the-village.bc.nu> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0204041245340.1475-100000@einstein.homenet>
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 01:01:47PM +0100, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> Namely, in the sense that it is inconsistent with the
> similar situation in the case of libraries or even system calls.
A GPL library can only be linked with other GPL-compatible code. A LGPL
library can be linked with any GPL-compatible or GPL-incompatible code.
The LGPL has specific clauses in it that allows you to link GPL-incompatible
code (see LGPL paragraph 5). It seems that you're missing that distinction.
This is why glibc and other libraries are LGPL, not GPL. If glibc was GPL,
all the binary-only applications in user space would have to supply their
own C library.
--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-04 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-20 13:13 [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules Stelian Pop
2002-02-20 16:00 ` Hugh Dickins
2002-02-20 16:01 ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-04-03 16:21 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-04-03 17:43 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-03 18:13 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-04-03 19:11 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-03 19:23 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-04-03 20:05 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-03 20:27 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-03 21:22 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-03 21:26 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-03 21:48 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-03 19:03 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-03 19:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-03 19:19 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-03 19:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-03 21:05 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-03 21:25 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-04 6:43 ` Keith Owens
2002-04-04 10:22 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-04 10:35 ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-04-04 11:54 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-04 12:01 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-04 12:31 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-04-04 12:48 ` Russell King
2002-04-04 12:40 ` Russell King [this message]
2002-04-04 12:46 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-05 7:29 ` David Schwartz
2002-04-05 8:24 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-04-05 8:28 ` David Schwartz
2002-04-04 13:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-04-04 15:21 ` Rik van Riel
2002-04-05 9:25 ` Paul Gortmaker
2002-04-04 15:35 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-04 16:55 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-04-04 17:16 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-04-04 17:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-04-04 17:59 ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-04-04 18:15 ` Rik van Riel
2002-04-05 0:47 ` Linux kernel and binary drivers (was: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules...) Steffen Persvold
2002-04-04 15:55 ` [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules Richard B. Johnson
2002-04-04 16:14 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-04 16:15 ` Peter Horton
2002-04-04 16:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-04-04 16:38 ` Michael Clark
2002-04-04 20:57 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-04-04 16:44 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-04-04 17:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-04-04 18:00 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-04 16:42 ` Alexander Viro
2002-04-03 19:29 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-04-03 19:38 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-03 19:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-03 19:44 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-03 19:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-03 20:35 ` Gerd Knorr
2002-04-03 22:17 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-04-03 22:24 ` Rik van Riel
2002-04-03 22:33 ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-04-03 22:35 ` David S. Miller
2002-04-06 9:08 ` David Woodhouse
2002-04-03 22:39 ` Rik van Riel
2002-04-04 5:59 ` Chris Wedgwood
2002-04-04 12:06 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-04 9:33 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-04-03 19:26 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-04-03 19:35 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-05 6:06 ` David Schwartz
2002-04-05 12:48 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-05 18:46 ` David Schwartz
2002-04-05 19:27 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-05 20:05 ` David Schwartz
2002-04-06 17:55 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-03 19:19 ` Alexander Viro
2002-04-03 21:07 ` David Schwartz
2002-04-03 21:33 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-03 21:28 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-04-03 22:09 ` David Schwartz
2002-04-04 6:26 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-04-04 8:44 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-04-04 12:01 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-20 16:27 ` Ingo Molnar
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-03 23:47 Petr Vandrovec
2002-04-04 0:19 ` Rik van Riel
2002-04-04 11:54 Petr Vandrovec
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44L.0204041217290.18660-100000@imladris.surriel .com>
2002-04-04 16:11 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-04-04 16:29 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204041123410.6422-100000@devserv.devel.redh at.com>
2002-04-04 17:06 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-04-04 17:55 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-04 17:52 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-04-04 17:27 Nicholas Berry
2002-04-05 13:22 Gareth Hughes
2002-04-09 6:55 Rick A. Hohensee
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