Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758271AbYBZMn3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:43:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751266AbYBZMnV (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:43:21 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:49290 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751330AbYBZMnU (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:43:20 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:29:32 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: , "Andrew Morton" , "Ingo Molnar" , "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" , , "Alan Cox" Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.25-rc2-mm1 - fix mcount GPL bogosity. Message-ID: <20080226122932.5f83d6d4@core> In-Reply-To: References: <47C3078E.3000008@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 634 Lines: 15 > I don't know who told you that or why, but it's obvious nonsense, as this > issue shows. Exports should be marked GPL if and only if they cannot be used > except in a derivative work. If it is possible to use them without taking > sufficient protectable expression, they should not be marked GPL. > > This was what everyone agreed to when GPL exports were created. No it wasn't. Alan -- 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/