linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] userns: Allow init_user_ns to be used from non-gpl modules

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Message-ID: <87k2iksocq.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Mon, 23 May 2016 11:58:29 -0500
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Nikolay Borisov <n.borisov.lkml@...il.com>
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, serge.hallyn@...ntu.com,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] userns: Allow init_user_ns to be used from non-gpl modules

Nikolay Borisov <n.borisov.lkml@...il.com> writes:

> This patch changes the export attributes of the init_user_ns from
> GPL-only to any modules. This needed so that non-gpl modules, such as
> ZFS, utilize functions like i_(uid|gid)_(read|write).

It is my belief that linux kernel modules are of necessity derivatives
of the linux kernel and as such need to be covered under the GPLv2 or a
compatible license.

As such I will not accept any patches whose purpose is to facilitate a
different understanding of the license of the linux kernel.

Eric