Messages in this thread | | | From | John Alvord <> | Subject | Re: MODULE_LICENSE and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL | Date | Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:46:18 -0700 |
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:38:36 -0700 (PDT), David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com> wrote:
>so what will the export_symbol_gpl stuff do with the BSD license? it may >or may not have source avilable so is it allowed to use the exported >symbols or not? > >for the tainting module process there is the same problem. > >knowing the license the code was released under does not tell you if the >source is available or not. Linus said that all existing entry points would remain untagged. Thus existing modules would not be affected.
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