Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:20:20 -0600 | From | "Chris Friesen" <> | Subject | Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux |
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David Newall wrote: > This idea that some symbols may only be > dynamically bound to GPL code is fallacy.
As I understand it, the point of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is not so much the technical restriction (as you say, the module can lie or the user can patch the kernel) but to indicate that the kernel developers consider such interfaces to be internal to the kernel such that anything using it would be highly likely to be a "derived work" of the kernel.
It's a hint to other developers rather than a prevention measure.
Chris
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