Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:51:19 -0700 (PDT) | From | retu <> | Subject | Re: 2.7 thoughts: common well-architected object model |
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nobody says that it belongs into the kernel rather designed by core=kernel folks core-up, that is e.g. not being a derivative of a set of all-encompassing classes developed for an application.
I think the issue is serious and brushing it aside as being non-kernel at first will come back biting. What's going on could be described as being cornered.
--- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:04:19 PDT, retu said: > > > What's the solution out of this - a clean, open > object > > model designed by the core folks, extensible and > free > > of licensing issues - and that in the next months. > > > The point that seems to be continually missed is > that although > it may be a *fine* concept for userspace, it doesn't > belong in the > kernel. There's a syscall barrier for multiple > reasons, some technical > and some political/legal. > > If anything, we collectively DON'T want to go there > because a clever lawyer > could argue that doing a "all the way from kernel to > userspace" object-oriented > scheme would make essentially all userspace code a > derived work, since it would > be so tightly entwined with the kernel > implementation (basically, you'd be > subjecting all of userspace to the same "derived > work" limbo that closed-source > kernel modules currently live in). This could > render totally irrelevant this > text from /usr/src/linux/COPYING: > > NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user > programs that use kernel > services by normal system calls - this is merely > considered normal use > of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the > heading of "derived work". > Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the > Free Software > Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers > to (the Linux > kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who > actually wrote it. > > Yes, this would mean that userspace would be GPL'ed > as well, and > you'll never see Oracle on a Linux box again for a > VERY long time.... >
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