linux-kernel - Re: MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")??

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Message-ID: <20120803152050.509ee884@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:20:50 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	dmarkh@....rr.com
Cc:	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")??

> Why then is there EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL and EXPORT_SYMBOL? As long as you have 
> them both, one can and will, assume that what you say above is not the intent

Then I would look back at the list and previous statements where the
intent has repeatedly been made clear by several developers.

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL was intended to mark internal symbols that absolutely
couldn't be used by something non derivative.

Alan
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