From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946788AbXD3UhW (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:37:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946801AbXD3UhW (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:37:22 -0400 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.169]:3057 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946788AbXD3UhU (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:37:20 -0400 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: RE: [PATCH] [39/40] i386: Export paravirt_ops for non GPL modulestoo Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:37:15 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <1177936139.4843.17.camel@lappy> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Importance: Normal X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:37:34 -0700 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:37:36 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > FWIW I think doing this first will be better, exposing _all_ to non GNU > modules will weaken whatever case we might have to take it away later. > So, NACK from me too. > I don't want to hear the whining; but it was allowed in .22, so why > should we not be able to do this in .23.... or whatever. This is the most illogical and perverse argument I think I have *ever* seen on this mailing list, and that's saying something. If people find legitimate uses for it while it's available, that's a proof that taking it away is wrong. Symbols are supposed to be marked GPL if and only if it's not possible to use them in non-GPL'd works. So, yeah, let's not risk letting people prove your position is wrong before you have a chance to enforce it. DS