From: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE()
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:18:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43EEB6FE.7000701@rtr.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060212041522.GA29935@suse.de>
Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 09:34:40PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
>> Greg KH wrote:
>>> So, here's a patch that implements EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(). It
>>> basically says that some time in the future, this symbol is going to
>>> change and not be allowed to be called from non-GPL licensed kernel
>>> modules.
>> The wording and intent here are incorrect.
>>
>> All kernel modules are already *GPL licensed*,
>> whether the authors think so or not.
>>
>> So this patch (if it goes through), should be reworded
>> so as not to muddy those waters (as the above excerpt does).
>
> Care to provide some text that you feel will be better?
Just something simple, like this rewording of your original post:
>>> So, here's a patch that implements EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(). It
>>> basically says that some time in the future, this symbol is going to
>>> change and not be allowed to be called from
...kernel modules that don't include MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") in the source.
Cheers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-12 4:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-08 6:20 [RFC] EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() Greg KH
2006-02-08 7:33 ` Andrew Morton
2006-02-08 17:36 ` Greg KH
2006-02-08 14:23 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-08 17:42 ` Greg KH
2006-02-08 18:38 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-12 2:34 ` Mark Lord
2006-02-12 4:15 ` Greg KH
2006-02-12 4:18 ` Mark Lord [this message]
2006-02-22 5:39 ` Greg KH
2006-02-12 4:41 ` Kyle Moffett
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