[lttng-dev] Quick questions about liburcu and RCU in general

[Richard Braun]

On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 07:23:52AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Yes, LGPLv2+ allows you to migrate to LGPLv3+, which is compatible with
> GPLv3+.  So as long as you derive the code from lttng's userspace-rcu
> library, you are set.
> 
> That said, you could also just link userspace-rcu into your GPLv3+
> application.

My question is rather about the techniques than the existing
implementations. Is it safe to implement RCU in an unrelated project under
GPLv3+, considering it's patented ?

-- 
Richard Braun