linux-kernel - Re: Why are BSD-licensed LZ4 symbols GPL exported?

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Message-ID: <1377020294.2016.51.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:38:14 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Richard Yao <ryao@...too.org>, chanho.min@....com,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Why are BSD-licensed LZ4 symbols GPL exported?

On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 18:11 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 10:19:56PM -0400, Richard Yao wrote:
> > Why are the LZ4 symbols being GPL-exported when the LZ4 code is
> > BSD-licensed and no substantial changes appear to have been made when it
> > was merged?
> 
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is intended an indication that using a symbol is 
> likely to result in you producing a derived work of the kernel, and the 
> kernel as a whole is under the GPL. It has nothing to do with additional 
> licenses that individual pieces of code may be available under.

Maybe not.

http://www.ifross.org/en/artikel/ongoing-dispute-over-value-exportsymbolgpl-function


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