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From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
To: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
Cc: linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.6 add qsort library function (UPDATED PATCH, symbol exported _GPL)
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 19:37:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40BFE083.2030600@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040510071552.GB30834@taniwha.stupidest.org>

Chris Wedgwood wrote:

>  [ This is an updated patch where the symbol is exported GPL only
>    recognized the GPL origin in the code used.  Thanks for those
>    people who pointed this out. ]

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qsort);

I'm sorry, but I don't see the connection.  Just because the code
is GPL, why should a caller be constrained to be GPL?
Is there something about the qsort API that makes a caller
intrinsically a derivative work?

=============================
Tim Bird
Architecture Group Co-Chair
CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer
Sony Electronics
E-mail: Tim.Bird@am.sony.com
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-06-04  2:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-10  5:07 [PATCH] 2.6.6 add qsort library function Chris Wedgwood
2004-05-10  7:15 ` [PATCH] 2.6.6 add qsort library function (UPDATED PATCH, symbol exported _GPL) Chris Wedgwood
2004-05-11 14:55   ` Rolf Eike Beer
2004-06-04  2:37   ` Tim Bird [this message]
2004-06-04  4:51     ` Chris Wedgwood

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