Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262769AbVCDNHQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:07:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262908AbVCDNFW (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:05:22 -0500 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:48091 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263092AbVCDM67 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:58:59 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] unexport complete_all From: Alan Cox To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Mike Waychison , Adrian Bunk , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <58cb370e0503040240314120ea@mail.gmail.com> References: <422817C3.2010307@waychison.com> <58cb370e0503040240314120ea@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1109940906.26799.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:55:09 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 671 Lines: 15 > Andrew, what is the policy for adding exports for out of tree GPL code? > > IMHO although it is convenient for maintainers of such code it is > inconvenient for us (ie. when making changes to code) and gives > people false assumptions about stability of *in-kernel* APIs. Why isn't it _GPL if it is for a specific module need ? Even more so for those cases where a person adds a non _GPL export for another persons code. - 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/