2009-06-22 13:44:43

by raz

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Subject: Permission to use list.h and atomic.h in user space

Hello
May I have permission to use atomic64.h ,atomic32.h and list.h in a
proprietary software ?
I do not know who the authors are.
Thank you
Raz


2009-06-22 14:09:59

by Arjan van de Ven

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Subject: Re: Permission to use list.h and atomic.h in user space

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:44:15 +0300
Raz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello
> May I have permission to use atomic64.h ,atomic32.h and list.h in a
> proprietary software ?
> I do not know who the authors are.
> Thank you

you should ask a lawyer not some random mailing list....


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2009-06-23 00:04:18

by Robert Hancock

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Subject: Re: Permission to use list.h and atomic.h in user space

On 06/22/2009 07:44 AM, Raz wrote:
> Hello
> May I have permission to use atomic64.h ,atomic32.h and list.h in a
> proprietary software ?
> I do not know who the authors are.
> Thank you
> Raz

You would likely have to basically track down everyone who has ever
contributed to those files and get their permission, which seems
unlikely. So the short answer is almost certainly no.

With newer gcc there are atomic built-in functions which will likely do
what you want for the atomic ops at least..