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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 21:34:40 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43EE9EC0.2030403@rtr.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060208062007.GA7936@kroah.com>

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).

Cheers

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-02-12  2:34 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 [this message]
2006-02-12  4:15   ` Greg KH
2006-02-12  4:18     ` Mark Lord
2006-02-22  5:39       ` Greg KH
2006-02-12  4:41     ` Kyle Moffett

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