From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Taral <taral@taral.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:06:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16082.1003511200@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011019103041.D30774@taral.net>
In-Reply-To: <20011019103041.D30774@taral.net> <3bceefa6.3cf6.0@panix.com> <3BCEF26E.12D69882@redhat.com>
taral@taral.net said:
> Fine. I (the hypothetical binary driver maker) will just make two
> modules -- one which is MODULE_LICENCEd GPL, and the other which is
> not. The first will re-export your interfaces as unrestricted ones
> which the second can use.
You seem to have missed the point that it is already considered to be
unacceptable to add GPL'd code to the kernel, exporting functionality which
is required for non-GPL'd modules.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-19 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-18 16:05 MODULE_LICENSE and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL Roy Murphy
2001-10-18 15:17 ` Arjan van de Ven
2001-10-19 15:30 ` Taral
2001-10-21 15:22 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-21 20:16 ` Taral
2001-10-19 17:06 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
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2001-10-19 18:03 Roy Murphy
2001-10-18 16:43 Roy Murphy
2001-10-18 15:49 ` Arjan van de Ven
2001-10-18 18:42 ` Tim Bird
2001-10-19 15:38 ` Taral
2001-10-18 16:07 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2001-10-18 22:38 ` David Lang
2001-10-19 0:46 ` John Alvord
2001-10-18 23:57 ` David Lang
2001-10-19 12:44 ` Reid Hekman
2001-10-19 20:07 ` David Lang
2001-10-20 0:00 ` Reid Hekman
2001-10-20 6:38 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-21 15:06 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-21 15:47 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-18 3:23 Keith Owens
2001-10-18 4:03 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-19 7:16 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-10-19 8:26 ` Nils Philippsen
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