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SubjectRe: [PATCH] add feature-removal-schedule.txt documentation
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On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 21:46 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sad, 2005-01-08 at 18:32, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > What: call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), and synchronize_kernel() change from
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL() to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL().
> > When: January 9, 2006
> > Files: kernel/rcupdate.c
> > Why: There are no known environments supporting RCU from which
> > one could reasonably expect to port a non-GPL kernel module
> > or driver to Linux.
>
> IBM might want to also note that anyone wanting to do so needs an IBM
> patent license for non GPL use ..

given this, I actually think it might be better to make it a _GPL export
right away, anything else is setting people up in an entrapment kind of
way.


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