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SubjectRe: GPL-incompatible Module Error Message
On 4/19/07, Chris Bergeron <chris@pcburn.com> wrote:
> It just seemed like it might be interesting and I couldn't find anything
> to shed light on the error itself in the mailing list logs, and I'm
> curious at what's happening.

What's happening is that some kernel developers don't like Linus's
stance on binary-only drivers and are trying to circumvent the norms
of software copyright law using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. (Why some people
think that the GPL is magically exempt from Lotus v. Borland, Lexmark
v. Static Control, and their analogues in other jurisdiction is beyond
me -- but then I gave up smoking the FSF's parallel-legal-universe
herb some time ago.)

Just s/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL/EXPORT_SYMBOL/ throughout the kernel and
you'll be fine -- at a technical level. But be prepared, when later
changes break extra-volatile quasi-private in-kernel APIs, to keep
both pieces -- and to be shunned by EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL partisans.

Cheers (IANAL, TINLA),
- Michael
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