spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 17:09:49 EST

blah.

So, since spinlocks and semaphores are (a) inline and #included into
your code, and (b) required for just about sane interoperation with Linux...

does this mean that all binary-only modules that #include kernel code
such as spinlocks are violating the GPL? IOW just about every binary
module out there, I would think...

I'm sure this would make extremeists happy, but I personally don't mind
binary-only modules as long as the binary-only code [ignoring the
#included kernel code] cannot be considered a derived work.

But who knows if #include'd code constitutes a derived work :(

        Jeff

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