Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:59:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:59:45 -0500 Received: from 1-064.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br ([200.181.137.64]:5311 "EHLO 1-064.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:59:44 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:06:39 -0200 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@imladris.surriel.com To: David McIlwraith cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules In-Reply-To: <024101c2903f$7650a050$41368490@archaic> Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 916 Lines: 27 On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, David McIlwraith wrote: > How should it? The compiler (specifically, the C preprocessor) includes > the code, thus it is not the AUTHOR violating the GPL. "Your honour, he didn't die because I shot him; he died because he tried to catch the bullet, with his chest..." If the compiler includes a .h file, it happens because the programmer told it to do so, using a #include. The programmer (or the copyright holder of the code) is responsible. regards, Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://guru.conectiva.com/ Current spamtrap: october@surriel.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/