Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:02:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:02:03 -0500 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:7940 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:02:02 -0500 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:46:17 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Permission to use atomic code under LGPL Message-ID: <20030130074617.GB559@zaurus> References: <1043776362.2939.14.camel@thebox> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1043776362.2939.14.camel@thebox> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I am with the GStreamer project (www.gstreamer.net). We did a small > license audit the other day and discovered we included some code from > the kernel. GStreamer uses the LGPL so this is a problem for us. > > The code in question is the atomic code and is included in our > sourcefile below. Do the person(s) in atomic stuff is widely considered "too trivial for copyrights to apply", so LGPL should be OK. -- Pavel Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need... - 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/