Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

> This is the module tag ... it says what licence the module is under, > not the licence for the module combined with the kernel, which is > always GPLv2 because the stricter licence rules. Because if I build a BSD licensed module against the kernel, give you the binaries and refuse to give you

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On Tue, 2016-08-09 at 21:51 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Aug 9, 2016 7:09 PM, "James Bottomley" < > james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2016-08-09 at 15:24 +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > > > table development go under copyleft-next, Rusty recently asked > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On Mon, 2016-08-15 at 21:15 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > This is the module tag ... it says what licence the module is > > under, not the licence for the module combined with the kernel, > > which is always GPLv2 because the stricter licence rules. > > Because if I build a BSD licensed module

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:15:06 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: > > This is the module tag ... it says what licence the module is under, > > not the licence for the module combined with the kernel, which is > > always GPLv2 because the stricter licence rules. > > Because if I build a

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 09:09:07AM -0700, James Bottomley wrote: > On Tue, 2016-08-09 at 15:24 +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > > table development go under copyleft-next, Rusty recently asked for > > > code to go in prior to the license tag being added denoting this > > > license as

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On Aug 9, 2016 7:09 PM, "James Bottomley" < james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 2016-08-09 at 15:24 +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > > table development go under copyleft-next, Rusty recently asked for > > > code to go in prior to the license tag being added denoting

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 03:24:29PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > However you need to clarify the licence first I think. Linux is GPLv2, > your document only allows use of GPL with "GPL" works - not GPL v2 works ? The license defines "GPL" as "a version of the GNU General Public License or

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 03:24:29PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > It would also be good if someone clarified whether 6 and 7 are intended > to combine so you can take contributed patches and put them in your own > proprietary version. As a non-lawyer the intent is not clear at all. 6 and 7

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

> table development go under copyleft-next, Rusty recently asked for code > to go in prior to the license tag being added denoting this license as > GPL-compatible [3] -- I had noted in the patch submission which annotated > copyleft-next's compatibility to GPLv2 that copyleft-next is the license

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:32:29PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > Hi Luis, > > On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:24:34 -0700 > "Luis R. Rodriguez" wrote: > > > This RFC v3 builds off the last RFC v2 series [0] for adding linker tables. > > The largest amount of work here was to take

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

On 07/25/2016 09:32 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know really it is compatible with GPLv2, > and if it is, I'm not sure the reason why we need another license. > AFAICS the license terms, most of parts looks reasonable. I just concern > clause 8, after fifteen years,

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

Hi Luis, On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:24:34 -0700 "Luis R. Rodriguez" wrote: > This RFC v3 builds off the last RFC v2 series [0] for adding linker tables. > The largest amount of work here was to take Russell King's feedback on > using linker table for kprobes text not being

[Xen-devel] [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables

This RFC v3 builds off the last RFC v2 series [0] for adding linker tables. The largest amount of work here was to take Russell King's feedback on using linker table for kprobes text not being appropriate -- and providing another lightweight API for simple section ranges: read-only stitched pieces