2004-06-04 02:37:02

by Tim Bird

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.6 add qsort library function (UPDATED PATCH, symbol exported _GPL)

Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> [ This is an updated patch where the symbol is exported GPL only
> recognized the GPL origin in the code used. Thanks for those
> people who pointed this out. ]

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qsort);

I'm sorry, but I don't see the connection. Just because the code
is GPL, why should a caller be constrained to be GPL?
Is there something about the qsort API that makes a caller
intrinsically a derivative work?

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Co-Chair
CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer
Sony Electronics
E-mail: [email protected]
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2004-06-04 04:51:48

by Chris Wedgwood

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.6 add qsort library function (UPDATED PATCH, symbol exported _GPL)

On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 07:37:55PM -0700, Tim Bird wrote:

> I'm sorry, but I don't see the connection. Just because the code is
> GPL, why should a caller be constrained to be GPL?

Originally this wasnt he case, it was changed the request of the glibc
people which I'm fine with.


--cw