Re: [PATCH] 2.6.25-rc2-mm1 - fix mcount GPL bogosity.

[Alan Cox]

> I don't know who told you that or why, but it's obvious nonsense, as this
> issue shows. Exports should be marked GPL if and only if they cannot be used
> except in a derivative work. If it is possible to use them without taking
> sufficient protectable expression, they should not be marked GPL.
> 
> This was what everyone agreed to when GPL exports were created.

No it wasn't.

Alan
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