Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763263AbYBZRFA (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:05:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752611AbYBZREx (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:04:53 -0500 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:36068 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752567AbYBZREx (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:04:53 -0500 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. References: From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:04:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Krzysztof Halasa's message of "Tue\, 26 Feb 2008 16\:43\:57 +0100") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 750 Lines: 16 > One may say _GPL is a strong indication that all users are > automatically a derivative works, but it's only that - indication. It > doesn't mean they are really derivative works and it doesn't mean a > module not using any _GPL exports isn't a derivative. Actually I think the _GPL exports are really harmful - somebody distributing a binary module may claim he/she doesn't violate the GPL because the module uses only non-GPL exports. OTOH GPL symbols give _us_ exactly nothing. -- Krzysztof Halasa -- 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/