Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:32:15 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL recursive for shim and/or wrappers |
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On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:41:58 -0700 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com> wrote:
> The intention behind EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL seems clear to me -- prevent > proprietary drivers from using GPL-only symbols.
It's a guide as to what symbols are most definitely internal interfaces. Nobody but a lawyer (or more accurately a court of law I guess) can tell you what is or isn't a derivative work. It can be that without using _GPL symbols, and I would imagine there may even be cases the reverse might be true.
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