From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Mariusz Ceier <mceier+kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Kajetan Puchalski <mrkajetanp@gmail.com>,
ojeda@kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:06:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YIrLZ8Siip0C0d9b@zeniv-ca.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJTyqKOEG1tF0YGOvNeyidjF+2MaXoY5kCo9-cZ4Ri_Jb8XV8Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 02:06:12PM +0000, Mariusz Ceier wrote:
> > You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, *to be licensed as a whole* at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
>
>
> The issue here is, non-GPL tools enable development and distribution
> of GPL-compatible yet proprietary versions of the kernel, unless I'm
> mistaken.
And? For your argument to work, we'd need to have the kernel somehow
locked into the use of tools that would have no non-GPL equivalents
*and* would be (somehow) protected from getting such equivalents.
How could that be done, anyway? Undocumented and rapidly changing
features of the tools? We would get screwed by those changes ourselves.
Copyrights on interfaces? Software patents? Some other foulness?
I honestly wonder about the mental contortions needed to describe
something of that sort as "free", but fortunately we are nowhere
near such situation anyway.
I don't like Rust as a language and I'm sceptical about its usefulness
in the kernel, but let's not bring "gcc is better 'cuz GPL" crusades
into that - they are irrelevant anyway, since we demonstrably *not*
locked into gcc on all architectures your hypothetical company would
care about, Rust or no Rust.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-29 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 206+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-14 18:45 [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support ojeda
2021-04-14 18:45 ` [PATCH 01/13] kallsyms: Support "big" kernel symbols (2-byte lengths) ojeda
2021-04-14 19:44 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14 19:59 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 18:45 ` [PATCH 02/13] kallsyms: Increase maximum kernel symbol length to 512 ojeda
2021-04-14 23:48 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-14 18:45 ` [PATCH 03/13] Makefile: Generate CLANG_FLAGS even in GCC builds ojeda
2021-04-14 18:59 ` Nathan Chancellor
2021-04-15 10:18 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 23:46 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-15 0:47 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 18:45 ` [PATCH 04/13] Kbuild: Rust support ojeda
2021-04-14 23:19 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-15 0:43 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-15 18:03 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-16 12:23 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-17 19:35 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-04-16 13:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-16 17:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-04-16 17:47 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 18:09 ` Al Viro
2021-04-16 18:57 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 20:22 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-16 20:34 ` Connor Kuehl
2021-04-16 20:58 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-16 21:39 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 22:04 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-16 22:45 ` Al Viro
2021-04-16 23:46 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-17 4:24 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-17 15:38 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 21:19 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 17:34 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-19 19:58 ` David Sterba
2021-04-19 20:17 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-19 21:03 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-19 20:54 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 18:45 ` [PATCH 05/13] Rust: Compiler builtins crate ojeda
2021-04-14 19:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-04-14 19:34 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 18:45 ` [PATCH 06/13] Rust: Module crate ojeda
2021-04-14 18:45 ` [PATCH 08/13] Rust: Export generated symbols ojeda
2021-04-14 18:46 ` [PATCH 09/13] Samples: Rust examples ojeda
2021-04-14 19:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-04-14 19:42 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 19:49 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16 11:46 ` Andrej Shadura
2021-04-14 23:24 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-15 7:10 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-04-15 7:39 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-15 12:42 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 13:07 ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2021-04-16 13:20 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-04-14 18:46 ` [PATCH 10/13] Documentation: Rust general information ojeda
2021-04-14 22:17 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-14 23:34 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 18:46 ` [PATCH 11/13] MAINTAINERS: Rust ojeda
2021-04-14 21:55 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-14 22:02 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 22:36 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-14 18:46 ` [PATCH 12/13] Rust: add abstractions for Binder (WIP) ojeda
[not found] ` <20210414184604.23473-8-ojeda@kernel.org>
2021-04-14 19:31 ` [PATCH 07/13] Rust: Kernel crate Linus Torvalds
2021-04-14 19:50 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 19:44 ` [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support Linus Torvalds
2021-04-14 20:20 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-15 1:38 ` Kees Cook
2021-04-15 8:26 ` David Laight
2021-04-15 18:08 ` Kees Cook
2021-04-15 12:39 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-14 20:09 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14 20:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-04-14 20:35 ` Josh Triplett
2021-04-14 22:08 ` David Laight
2021-04-14 20:29 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-18 15:31 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-15 0:22 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-15 10:05 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-15 18:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-16 2:22 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-16 4:25 ` Al Viro
2021-04-16 5:02 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-16 5:39 ` Paul Zimmerman
2021-04-16 7:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-16 7:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-17 5:23 ` comex
2021-04-17 12:46 ` David Laight
2021-04-17 14:51 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-04-19 7:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-19 7:53 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-04-19 8:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-19 8:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-19 9:02 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-04-19 9:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-19 9:40 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-04-19 11:01 ` Will Deacon
2021-04-19 17:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-04-19 18:38 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-04-19 18:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-04-22 10:03 ` Linus Walleij
2021-04-22 14:09 ` David Laight
2021-04-22 15:24 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-26 0:18 ` Linus Walleij
2021-04-26 14:26 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-26 14:40 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-26 16:03 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-27 10:54 ` Linus Walleij
2021-04-27 11:13 ` Robin Randhawa
2021-04-29 1:52 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-26 18:01 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-22 21:28 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-26 0:31 ` Linus Walleij
2021-04-26 18:18 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-27 11:13 ` Linus Walleij
2021-04-28 2:51 ` Kyle Strand
2021-04-28 3:10 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-05-04 21:21 ` Linus Walleij
2021-05-04 23:30 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-05-05 11:34 ` Linus Walleij
2021-05-05 14:17 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-05-05 15:13 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-05-06 12:47 ` Linus Walleij
2021-05-07 18:23 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 4:27 ` Boqun Feng
2021-04-16 6:04 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-16 18:47 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-19 20:35 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-19 21:37 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-19 22:03 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 20:48 ` Josh Triplett
2021-04-16 8:16 ` Michal Kubecek
2021-04-16 9:29 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-16 11:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-16 13:07 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-16 14:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-16 15:04 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 15:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-16 16:21 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 15:33 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-16 16:14 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-16 17:10 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-16 17:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-16 18:08 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17 11:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-17 11:46 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-17 14:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-17 14:36 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-17 13:46 ` David Laight
2021-04-16 17:37 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-16 17:46 ` Connor Kuehl
2021-04-20 0:24 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-20 3:47 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-20 5:56 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-04-20 6:16 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-29 15:38 ` peter enderborg
2021-04-17 13:53 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-17 14:21 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-17 15:23 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-18 15:51 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-17 12:41 ` David Laight
2021-04-17 13:01 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-16 15:03 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17 13:29 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-16 15:58 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-04-16 16:21 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-17 15:11 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-04-16 14:21 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-17 20:42 ` Richard Weinberger
2021-04-28 18:34 ` Mariusz Ceier
2021-04-28 20:25 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-28 21:21 ` David Laight
2021-04-29 11:14 ` Kajetan Puchalski
2021-04-29 11:25 ` Kajetan Puchalski
2021-04-29 14:06 ` Mariusz Ceier
2021-04-29 14:13 ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2021-04-29 14:26 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-04-29 15:06 ` Al Viro [this message]
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