Userspace RCU library licensing Mathieu Desnoyers May 10, 2009 * LGPLv2.1 The library part is distributed under LGPLv2.1 or later. See lgpl-2.1.txt for details. This applies to : urcu.h urcu.c urcu-static.h arch_x86.h arch_ppc.h LGPL-compatible source code can statically use the library header using : #define _LGPL_SOURCE #include Dynamic-only linking with the LGPL library is used if _LGPL_SOURCE is not defined. It permits relinking with newer versions of the library, which is required by the LGPL license. See lgpl-relicensing.txt for details. * MIT-style license : xchg() primitive has been rewritten from scratch starting from atomic_ops 1.2 which has a MIT-style license that is intended to allow use in both free and proprietary software: http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/atomic_ops/LICENSING.txt http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/ This license applies to : arch_atomic_x86.h arch_atomic_ppc.h arch_atomic_s390.h arch_s390.h compiler.h * GPLv2 Library test code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. See gpl-2.0.txt for details. This applies to : urcutorture.h urcutorture.c api_x86.h api_ppc.h api_gcc.h test_urcu.c test_urcu_yield.c test_rwlock_timing.c urcu-asm.c