linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] refcount: restore kref_get and kref

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Message-ID: <20170308160352.GB16774@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2017 08:03:52 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     john.hubbard@...il.com
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] refcount: restore kref_get and kref_put to non-GPL status

Hi John,

all Linux kernel code is licenced under the GPLv2.0, and maybe only
be used by derived works if that work is available under a
GPL-compatible license.  the _GPL export are just a very strong hint
that it's almost impossible not to be derived work - using non-trivial
inline functions should be a just as strong hint so this is not going
to change anything.