Re: [PATCH 0/2] module: Block modules by Tuxedo from accessing GPL symbols

[Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@samsung.com>]

On Thu Nov 14, 2024 at 11:31 AM CET, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the kernel modules provided by Tuxedo on
> https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=2f239e82-70bfb7a8-2f2215cd-000babe598f7-32952349600b722d&q=1&e=9535a8fa-5a9d-4d94-a12d-ff39b9d3b9cf&u=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.com%2Ftuxedocomputers%2Fdevelopment%2Fpackages%2Ftuxedo-drivers
> are licensed under GPLv3 or later. This is incompatible with the
> kernel's license and so makes it impossible for distributions and other
> third parties to support these at least in pre-compiled form and so
> limits user experience and the possibilities to work on mainlining these
> drivers.
>
> This incompatibility is created on purpose to control the upstream
> process. See https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=12fa0a06-4d66232c-12fb8149-000babe598f7-5be6d19feac11441&q=1&e=9535a8fa-5a9d-4d94-a12d-ff39b9d3b9cf&u=https%3A%2F%2Ffosstodon.org%2F%40kernellogger%2F113423314337991594 for
> a nice summary of the situation and some further links about the issue.
>
> Note that the pull request that fixed the MODULE_LICENSE invocations to
> stop claiming GPL(v2) compatibility was accepted and then immediately
> reverted "for the time being until the legal stuff is sorted out"
> (https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=80a9845b-df35ad71-80a80f14-000babe598f7-b5ddbbaedbccb553&q=1&e=9535a8fa-5a9d-4d94-a12d-ff39b9d3b9cf&u=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.com%2Ftuxedocomputers%2Fdevelopment%2Fpackages%2Ftuxedo-drivers%2F-%2Fcommit%2Fa8c09b6c2ce6393fe39d8652d133af9f06cfb427).

This commit did not remove the license boilerplate as this other one [1]
upstream did. So I think the license was still inconsistent.

[1] 1a59d1b8e05ea6ab45f7e18897de1ef0e6bc3da6 ("treewide: Replace GPLv2
boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 15").

>
> Best regards
> Uwe
>
> Uwe Kleine-König (2):
>   module: Put known GPL offenders in an array
>   module: Block modules by Tuxedo from accessing GPL symbols
>
>  kernel/module/main.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> base-commit: 28955f4fa2823e39f1ecfb3a37a364563527afbc