From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: akpm@digeo.com
Cc: andre@pyxtechnologies.com, riel@conectiva.com.br,
andrew@indranet.co.nz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux iSCSI Initiator, OpenSource (fwd) (Re: Gauntlet Set NOW!)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:25:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E18VNt1-0008Rq-00@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E179CCF.F4CAE1E5@digeo.com> (message from Andrew Morton on Sat, 04 Jan 2003 18:47:43 -0800)
I suggest that if a function happens to be implemented as an inline
in a header then it should be treated (for licensing purposes) as
an exported-to-all-modules symbol. So in Linux, that would be LGPL-ish.
The Linux developers can certainly do this, if the copyright holders
of the substantial functions in question go along with it. Even if
they already went along with linking to their functions from non-free
modules, this is still somewhat different.
The question only arises for the specific non-small functions that are
to be inlined in headers in this way. (Inlining a very small function
from a header is probably not significant for copyright.) Perhaps the
copyright holders of these functions are few and easy to ask.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-06 3:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-05 1:54 Linux iSCSI Initiator, OpenSource (fwd) (Re: Gauntlet Set NOW!) Andre Hedrick
2003-01-05 2:47 ` Andrew Morton
2003-01-05 3:26 ` NEURONET
2003-01-05 4:11 ` NEURONET
2003-01-05 4:41 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-05 6:16 ` Andrew Morton
2003-01-06 3:06 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-01-06 3:38 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-06 5:24 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-01-06 10:24 ` Andrew McGregor
2003-01-06 16:51 ` Roman Zippel
2003-01-07 0:28 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-07 20:36 ` Roman Zippel
2003-01-07 22:45 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-08 0:04 ` Roman Zippel
2003-01-08 1:43 ` Alan Cox
2003-01-08 1:08 ` Larry McVoy
2003-01-08 16:48 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-01-08 19:37 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-07 0:39 ` Andrew McGregor
2003-01-07 4:20 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-01-07 5:38 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-07 6:16 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-07 6:43 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-07 7:08 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-07 8:00 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-07 8:14 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-07 8:41 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-07 17:07 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-07 12:12 ` Andrew McGregor
2003-01-07 6:45 ` Lincoln Dale
2003-01-07 7:02 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-07 11:24 ` Andrew McGregor
2003-01-07 10:31 ` Olivier Galibert
2003-01-08 19:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-01-08 20:09 ` Andrew McGregor
2003-01-08 20:40 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-07 12:31 ` Alan Cox
2003-01-07 12:31 ` Andrew McGregor
2003-01-07 13:58 ` Alan Cox
2003-01-07 23:09 ` Andrew McGregor
2003-01-07 16:21 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-01-07 13:04 ` Lionel Bouton
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.10.10301051924140.421-100000@master.linux-ide.o rg>
2003-01-06 7:14 ` Lincoln Dale
2003-01-06 7:53 ` Linux iSCSI Initiator Andre Hedrick
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.10.10301052337150.421-100000@master.linux-ide.o rg>
2003-01-06 9:10 ` Lincoln Dale
2003-01-06 9:28 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-06 3:25 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2003-01-06 4:08 ` Linux iSCSI Initiator, OpenSource (fwd) (Re: Gauntlet Set NOW!) Andre Hedrick
2003-01-06 20:49 ` Richard Stallman
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2003-01-05 22:51 Adam J. Richter
[not found] <fa.kccjmvv.13go3jp@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.hjtum4v.fki8p1@ifi.uio.no>
2003-01-08 1:07 ` walt
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