Re: [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__

Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-30T23:01:44Z

On Nov 30, 2004, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

>> Then maybe this is the fundamental problem. As long as the kernel
>> doesn't recognize that an ABI is a contract, rather than an
>> imposition, kernel developers won't care.

> That's a silly analogy. Worse, it's a very flawed analogy.

> If you want to use a legal analogy, the ABI is not a contract, it's a
> public _license_.

I didn't mean to use a legal analogy. I meant contract in the
software engineering sense. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

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