From: "Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@frijolero.org>
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compat: makes all compat symbols EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 13:52:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F52141C.2050808@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1330729706-11113-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@frijolero.org>
On 03/03/2012 12:08 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> The Linux kernel is being backported here and a lot of code
> is completely derivative works of the the Linux kernel, as such
> only GPL-Compatible modules are intended to be used with this
> framework, given that users of this framework are considered
> completely derivative works of the Linux kernel.
>
> Only upstream Linux kernel modules or kernel modules on their
> way upstream are intended to be used by this.
> Tested with ckmake:
Hi Luis,
Some of the modules in this patch are dual-licensed. I was under the
impression that EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL was specifically for GPL-only code
although I could not find any specifics in the Documentation folder. Do
you (or someone else) have a reference on this topic?
Gr. AvS
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-03 12:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-02 23:08 [PATCH] compat: makes all compat symbols EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() Luis R. Rodriguez
2012-03-03 12:52 ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
2012-03-03 16:15 ` Alan Cox
2012-03-05 9:39 ` Arend van Spriel
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