On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 16:37 -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > On 08/20/2013 12:38:14 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 18:11 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 10:19:56PM -0400, Richard Yao wrote: > > > > Why are the LZ4 symbols being GPL-exported when the LZ4 code is > > > > BSD-licensed and no substantial changes appear to have been made > > when it > > > > was merged? > > > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is intended an indication that using a symbol is > > > likely to result in you producing a derived work of the kernel, and > > the > > > kernel as a whole is under the GPL. It has nothing to do with > > additional > > > licenses that individual pieces of code may be available under. > > > > Maybe not. > > http://www.ifross.org/en/artikel/ongoing-dispute-over-value-exportsymbolgpl-function > > Kernel developers: "We're making symbols that we, as the creators of > this project, don't think you can use without the result being a > derived work". > > Lawyers: "we're prepared to argue over the definitions of 'that', 'as', > 'of', 'this', 'use', and 'the', as long as we're paid by the hour."
Law is certainly a, umm, useful occupation. > This random speculation outside of a courtroom actually capable of > setting precedent strikes you as relevant for what reason? Because your declarative statement that EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is "intended [as] an indication that using [the] symbol is likely to result..." is incomplete. There are competing histories as to what EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL was intended to do. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
