Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:34:40 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() |
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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).
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