Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:58:02 -0700 | | From | "Michael K. Edwards" <> | | Subject | Re: GPL-incompatible Module Error Message |
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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.
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