On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:03:57AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > I actually think the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() thing is a good thing, if > done properly (and I think we use it fairly well). > > I think we _can_ do things where we give clear hints to people that > "we think this is such an internal Linux thing that you simply > cannot use this without being considered a derived work". Then why not change the name to something more along those lines? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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