RCU: The Bloatwatch Edition
RCU: The Bloatwatch Edition
Posted Mar 28, 2009 19:24 UTC (Sat) by rafdz (guest, #41427)Parent article: RCU: The Bloatwatch Edition
Excuse my ignorance. I am somwehat reluctant to learn about RCU technology for the reason that i do not know what exactly is covered by patents and what is not covered. Does anyone know which RCU things are covered by patents and what are the implications of implementing some RCU technology in own proprietary or free code.
Posted Mar 29, 2009 20:23 UTC (Sun)
by PaulMcKenney (✭ supporter ✭, #9624)
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Obligatory disclaimer: The above is my personal opinion. In particular, I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.
RCU and patents
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.