Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?

Daniel Newby
2003-12-18T09:59:06Z

Randy Zagar wrote:
[snip]
> The question boils down to this:
>
> For a header file, does anything truly worthy of copyright
> actually survive the compilation process?
[snip]

Yes: inline functions, unless you're careful about which headers
you use and how you use them. And you have to be very, very careful
because which symbols turn into inline functions depends on which
kernel options are selected, which architecture you're building for,
minor variations between kernel versions, the phase of the moon,
etc. It would take tainting support in gcc itself, and that isn't
like to happen for a variety of practical and political reasons.

-- Daniel Newby