Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:38:43 +0000 |
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On Mer, 2006-02-08 at 09:42 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > For a good reason. When Linus first accepted the _GPL changes he did so > > on the clear understanding that people wouldn't go around "privatising" > > existing symbols. > > But look at Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt:
RCIU is special. Very special in that it uses patented techniques that are only avaialble to GPL users without signing licenses with IBM.
The rest of the problem I concur with. I'm simply explaining the historical background.
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