On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Al Viro wrote: > > As an aside, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() is obnoxious shite anyway. If > something is not a safe API, exporting it to default-quality 3rd-party > code is bad and while GPL might be many things, it is not a magical > "teach average programmer to find his arse without a map" pill. Actually, I have had lawyers tell me it's actually a good idea, and shows "intent". Intent may not matter for code in the sense that the code does what the code does regardless of what the programmer _intended_ it to do, but it does matter in legal terms. So don't think of it in technical terms. It's not about good quality or about finding your arse without maps. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
