From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: "Pascal Schmidt" <der.eremit@email.de>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: People, not GPL  [was: Re: Driver Model]
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:39:33 -0700
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	Combined responses.

> No the GPL_ONLY stuff is an attempt to document that there is no
> conceivable
> way that using a given symbol does not create a derived work.

	and:

> > 	The GPL puts no restrictions on use. The GPL_ONLY stuff does.

> No it doesn't. It allows people to track whether you get support or not.
> It prevents nothing.

	So long as it's not an attempt to use the GPL license as a way to restrict
use, there's no problem. There is no license restriction or enforcement
scheme here that one could possibly circumvent because the GPL_ONLY stuff is
not a license enforcement scheme. It cannot be a license enforcement scheme
because there are no license requirements that kick in upon any act other
than distribution.

	The GPL_ONLY stuff does in fact restrict use. However, this is a
restriction anyone is free to remove or circumvent if it bothers them. This
isn't a dishonorable act because nobody intended this mechanism to restrict
use -- I hope.

	DS


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