[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] Licensing conflict with OpenAFS kernel module
Sidney Cammeresi wrote: I recently upgraded two Xen domU instances from 2.6.12.6 to 2.6.16. Because I am running the OpenAFS client on each of them, I took the opportunity to upgrade that (from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1) which required building a new kernel module. (The AFS client is partly in userspace and partly in the kernel.) Loading the new module failed: openafs: Unknown symbol force_evtchn_callback openafs: Unknown symbol xen_features I think you should urge OpenAFS to relicense their module under the GPL. Regards, Anthony Liguori Upon inspecting the kernel source, I observed that these functions are EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Unfortunately, OpenAFS is licensed under the IBM Public License, which means that the OpenAFS client will no longer run on Xen. This is mostly just an FYI. I solved my problem by editing the source and changing OpenAFS's MODULE_LICENSE to GPL, but obviously OpenAFS cannot distribute that change, so OpenAFS on Xen remains broken for now. Hopefully I won't get any letters from DMCA enforcement lawyers telling me I'm running software illegally.... _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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