linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] module: Block modules by Tuxedo from accessing GPL symbols

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Message-ID: <2024111522-brush-excusably-cae5@gregkh>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:18:58 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Werner Sembach <wse@...edocomputers.com>
Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, tux@...edocomputers.com,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
	Vinzenz Vietzke <vv@...edocomputers.com>,
	Christoffer Sandberg <cs@...edo.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] module: Block modules by Tuxedo from accessing GPL
 symbols

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 10:00:23AM +0100, Werner Sembach wrote:
> I guess what I try to convince you and others is that we _are_ taking Open
> Source licenses seriously, but still there are mistakes to be made,
> especially with complex projects like the Linux kernel, e.g. I'm not aware
> of any other project that uses a similar construct to
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()/MODULE_LICENSE().

The Linux kernel is very simple from a license point of view, your code
has to be GPLv2 compatible.  That's it, nothing complex or odd about
that at all.

thanks,

greg k-h