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RCU and patents

RCU and patents

Posted Mar 29, 2009 20:23 UTC (Sun) by PaulMcKenney (subscriber, #9624)
In reply to: RCU: The Bloatwatch Edition by rafdz
Parent article: RCU: The Bloatwatch Edition

My understanding is that you are free to use technology derived from IBM's RCU contributions in GPL-licensed free-software projects that use either GPLv2 or later. The most prominent special case of this is of course the Linux kernel.

Obligatory disclaimer: The above is my personal opinion. In particular, I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.

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